• BitDefender’s Mobile AV v2 beta released
• F-Prot detects and catalogizes 8 worm variants
• Kaspersky lists the top-20 viruses of 08/2006
• Sophos nails a DDOS worm, a keylogger Trojan and a spyware worm combining the worst of both
• SpywareBlaster and Spybot S&D update their detection databases and mechanisms.

BitDefender has announced the release of an open Mobile Antivirus v2 Beta, designed to protect Symbian-based cellphones from viruses and malware targeting SymbianOS. The download requires a registation at the provider’s site.

F-Prot reports a flood of W32/Warezov variants, with eight discovered from Sept. 9th to Sept. 12th. All are reported as mass-mailing worms which collect addresses from documents on the infected computer and using their own SMTP mailing engine to spread the infection.

The Kaspersky Virus List has published a Top 20 list for August 2006. By far the most common infections are by W32/Netsky, W32/Nyxem and W32/Mydoom variants, with specific variants covering almost 50% of all infections for that month.

The Sophos threat analysis center reports a new worm on the net - the W32/Sdbot-CPP. The strain is troublesome because it roots itself in the registry, opens access to the computer and allows it to be used as a DDOS client. The protection against a keylogger and credit-card number stealer, Troj/Bankem-Z has also become available, along with protection against W32/Rbot-FNA, a spyware worm combining the effects of the above two.

SpywareBlaster has released a database on Sept. 14th, with a grand total of 6598 items in the protection database.

Spybot Search&Destroy has published a new detection rule database. No new bad products have been added to the database, with the grand total of 5683 in the total list.

Updates to your protection software are available through your automatic or manual updates - for more info, visit you anti-virus and anti-spyware company websites.