The company revealed that the virus has been replaced by Trojan.AutorunInf.Gen as the most common piece of malware, accounting for 9.09 per cent of infections in February.
Trojan.AutorunInf.Gen spreads malware by infecting removable devices, such as flash drives, memory cards or external hard-disks.
Catalin Cosoi, BitDefender's senior researcher, recommended that companies regularly scan external devices in order to halt the spread of the virus.
'This safe practice should be used especially when these devices have been plugged into library computers, copy shops and other public locations that are known to be likely sources of infection,' she added.
The BitDefender report also showed that Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen accounted for 6.24 per cent of last month's infections, Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen made up 5.13 per cent and Exploit.PDF-Payload.Gen 4.21 per cent.
Last month, Sunbelt Software said that trojans are the most common malware threats facing IT security consultants.
Trojan.AutorunInf.Gen spreads malware by infecting removable devices, such as flash drives, memory cards or external hard-disks.
Catalin Cosoi, BitDefender's senior researcher, recommended that companies regularly scan external devices in order to halt the spread of the virus.
'This safe practice should be used especially when these devices have been plugged into library computers, copy shops and other public locations that are known to be likely sources of infection,' she added.
The BitDefender report also showed that Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen accounted for 6.24 per cent of last month's infections, Exploit.PDF-JS.Gen made up 5.13 per cent and Exploit.PDF-Payload.Gen 4.21 per cent.
Last month, Sunbelt Software said that trojans are the most common malware threats facing IT security consultants.
