AV-Test, trojans were by far the most common type of malware across Windows, macOS and Android systems in 2019. Accounting for over 58 percent of malware incidents in 2019, trojans place far ahead of second- and third-ranked viruses and scripts.
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AV-TEST. (August 26, 2020). Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. "Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019." Chart. August 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. (2020). Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
AV-TEST. "Distribution of Leading Malware Types Worldwide in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/
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Distribution of leading malware types worldwide in 2019 [Graph], AV-TEST, August 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/204434/most-frequent-malware-propagation-methods/