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Malware: most commonly observed categories 2016

Most commonly observed types of malware worldwide in 2016, by detected sample count
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The data describes the most commonly observed types of malware worldwide in 2016, by detected sample count. According to the report, PUA and suspicious binaries had been observed in the sample 87,329 times as the most commonly observed malware, while trojan droppers (VBS) had come in second with an observed amount of 50,081 occurrences.

PUA and Suspicious Binaries 87329
Trojan Droppers (VBS) 50081
Facebook Scam Links 35887
Trojan Downloaders (Scripts) 27627
Browser Redirection (JS) 24737
Browser-Redirection Downloads 18505
Phishing (Links) 15933
Android Trojans (lop) 14020
Browser Redirection 12848
Facebook Hijacking 11600
Heuristic Blocks (Scripts) 11506
Packed Binaries 7712
Trojan Downloaders (JS) 5996
Trojans, Heuristic (Win32) 5510
Browswer iFrame Attacks 5467
Android (Axtent) 4970
Android Trojans (Loki) 4584
Malware (FakeAvCn) 4398
Trojans (HideLink) 3646
Malware (HappJS) 3006