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Conficker Worm Still Managing To Infect 50,000 Computers Each Day

Everyone, including the media, has passed over Conficker as if it was dead. The infection of 50,000 PC’s a-day should be enough proof that Conficker Worm is still far from being dead.

According to security researchers, Conficker worm is managing to still infect systems at a rapid rate which includes systems in Fortune 1000 companies. Researchers at Symantec have said Conficker is infected about 50,000 new PC’s each day. Systems located in the U.S., India and Brazil have been hit the hardest which was confirmed in the same report from researchers at Symantec.

The hype that circulated Conficker worm over two months go, has died down and is almost non-existent. The fact of the matter is, Conficker is still a viable threat and remains to be very active.

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Posted May 26th, 2009 in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | No Response »

Alert: Conficker.C Comes Out of Dormancy Likely to Cause Destruction

Conficker.C has awakened and is starting to cause additional concern of being more dangerous and powerful than ever.

The Conficker worm has come back alive and starting to update through peer-to-peer between infected computers dropping unknown files or programs. The software that is being dropped appears to be a .sys component hiding behind a rootkit. As you may already know with rootkits it could be software that is developed to hid the fact that a system has been compromised.

Because Conficker is already encrypted to the point where security analyses are not able to figure out all of the details in pinpointing Conficker’s next moves, it is difficult to be 100% sure of what Conficker is currently doing as it contacts DNS names.

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Posted April 9th, 2009 in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | 1 Response »

Neeris Worm: A Copycat Conficker Worm Discovered

Conficker infected millions of computers and now another threat called Neeirs Worm is copying the same infection strategies of Conficker.

A worm, which is now about 4 years old, called Neeris worm, is copying Conficker’s attack strategies which could potentially infect millions of computers. Not much is known about the Neeris Worm, which dates back to May 2005. Neeris Worm is exploiting the same MS08-067 vulnerability that Microsoft patched back in October 2008 at the time of Conficker emerging into the wild.

Conficker used the MS08-067 vulnerability to infect computers and it was a very effective method as it was able to infect 12 million or more computers around the world and giving everyone a big scare especially from the Conficker.C variant. The Conficker.C variant proved to be not as effected as many feared before the date of April 1st which marked the day that it would start contacting its controllers.

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Posted April 6th, 2009 in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | No Response »

Conficker.C – The April Fool’s Day Worm

Everyone is wondering what April 1st will bring when it comes to the Conficker.C Worm

As you may have remembered, Conficker Worm has been a serious epidemic ever since it affected millions of computers during the last few months. The newest variant, Conficker.C, is expected to start performing malicious actions on April 1st but researchers do not know what exactly will take place.

Currently one thing that has been determined and verified about Conficker.C is that it is hard-coded with the date of April 1st, April Fool’s day. Security researchers expect that April Fool’s day will be more than just a hoax when the Conficker.C worm starts to contact its controllers, which will give the worm instructions to carry out on infected computers around the world.

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Posted March 29th, 2009 & Last Updated Mar 31, 2009
in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | 2 Responses »

Serious Affects: Conficker Infection Grounded French Air Force

Conficker Worm is still on the loose while upgraded to launch new attacks with Conficker B++

It is pretty serious when a virus infection has the ability to penetrate a military network and then ground an Air Force fleet. That is pretty much what happened to the French Air Force lately when the Conficker worm was used to penetrate the French military networks which then grounded the French Air Force.

This instance of Conficker may be a laughing matter for some but this is serious business considering that a military force was unable to function as normal due to Conficker causing serious havoc.

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Posted February 20th, 2009 in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | No Response »

Conficker, Downadup, and Kido Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide

The Conficker Worm has caused a serious worldwide epidemic by infecting close to 10 million computers around the world.

Some security researchers and news publications have deemed the Conficker Worm “a new digital plaque” and that is just what it is if you consider the fact that is has infected almost 10 million computers worldwide. There is still speculation as to who may have programmed this infection and what may take place with any newer versions in the future.

We have laid out several details about the Conficker worm including a link to complete removal instructions that guides you through a process on how to remove Conficker Worm from your computer.

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Posted January 27th, 2009 & Last Updated Mar 10, 2009
in the Category(ies) Conficker Worm | 11 Responses »