A new worm is taunting PC users across the internet of late! Microsoft has reported a rise in the number of malware attacks exploiting a security hole supposedly addressed by a recent patch. The worm in question has been identified as the latest version of the Conficker infection. The worm tends to “propagate on random [...]
04.8.10 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
Vundo comes from the malware family. It was one of the families added into the MSRT and remains in the top 10 detections every month. Vundo is regularly reported as an irritation due to the continuous pop-ups that it delivers to the user’s desktop, mostly related to rogue programs; slowing down the user’s internet connection [...]
06.25.09 | Computer Safety Tip | Computerexpert
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
