Leading malware payloads worldwide 2018

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Ani Petrosyan,
Jul 7, 2022
In 2018, it was found that 21.1 percent of malware cases involved infected websites distributing malware code in the form of web programming language HTML. According to AV-Test, the .zip compression format was ranked second with a 2.6 percent share.

Most common malware-infected files worldwide in 2018, by share of malware attacks

CharacteristicShare of malware-infected files
No extension 71.4%
HTML 21.1%
ZIP 2.6%
EXE 2.3%
PHP 1.4%
RAR 0.6%
HTM 0.3%
ASP 0.2%
KZJV -0.1%
JPG -0.1%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of malware-infected files71.4%71.4%21.1%21.1%2.6%2.6%2.3%2.3%1.4%1.4%0.6%0.6%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.2%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%No extensionHTMLZIPEXEPHPRARHTMASPKZJVJPG
-5%0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%70%75%80%

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