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.

It just goes to show that the Conficker Worm infection, or Downadup, has literally spread to millions and is actually affecting many networks around the world. Now researchers estimate 10.5 million computers are infected with Conficker. Even still, a new variant of the Conficker worm was recently discovered dubbed Conficker B++.

Conficker B++ is a new version of the well known Conficker worm infection that seems to be very similar in nature but has new techniques for downloading software giving its creators a new level of flexibility for what they do with the infected machines. If you are not familiar with Conficker then you must known that it is known to basically turn infected computers into zombies were they are under the control of the hackers that originate the attack. In many cases the compromised systems are programmed to send spam, log keystrokes or even launch DoS (denial of service) attacks.

Unfortunately it may be expected to see Conficker B++ spread on a mass scale just like the original Conficker worm or Downadup infection.