Like many others, my office network suffered from Conficker worm. Initially we could not make out reason for slow network response, almost all windows client machines were slow & hanged frequently. Installed Trend antivirus was unable to detect virus, even though it was updated with latest definition. We have WSUS server configured & is scheduled [...]
Full Story »Conficker installs spam bots and scareware
Year’s biggest threat finally reveals moneymaking model The makers of Conficker, the worm that has infected millions of PCs, have begun to do what all botnet owners do — make money — security researchers said today as they started analyzing the malware’s newest variant. Conficker.e, as the update has been dubbed, began downloading and installing [...]
Full Story »Conficker clock ticks toward April 1 deadline
What do most researchers think will happen Wednesday? Nothing at all. “The probability of a major [Conficker]-related event taking place on April 1 is really not very likely,” said Weafer of Symantec, in an e-mail today. “In reality, the author or authors probably didn’t intend for this malware to get as much attention as it [...]
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