The last last we heard about Conficker was over a month ago, but the worm has reappeared with retribution over the past seven days. According to Finnish security company F-Secure more than one million PCs have been infected with the worm (also known as Kido or Downadup) in the past 24 hours. The older version [...]
02.6.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
So far, only two variants of the worm have been discovered. First one, Worm:Win32/Conficker.A, was reported in Nov 2008 and propagates only by exploiting the vulnerability addressed by security update MS08-067. Second, Worm:Win32/Conficker.B, was reported Dec 2008. This variant uses multiple probation methods: 1. It endeavors to infect other computers on the network by exploiting [...]
02.2.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
