Conflicker Worm Poised To Attack April 1
News:Conficker Worm: Expect New Attack April 1
The Conficker worm that has wreaked havoc on millions of computers around the globe is set for a new development April 1 when it blasts out update requests to hundreds or thousands of its 50,000 domains. Rumor has it that the Conficker worm -- also known as Downadu -- is set to come alive on April 1, April Fool's Day, and bloggers speculate that the result could range from forced downloads of malicious code to even more spam hitting users' inboxes. Yet how exactly the Conficker worm will evolve remains to be seen. Conficker's latest variant -- Version C -- infected copious networks via peer-to-peer communications. It also added numerous defensive measures designed to evade detection and removal by disabling Windows Automatic Updates and Windows Security Center. Version C also blocks access to several security vendors' Web sites and renders numerous antivirus products useless, all while cranking up the number of domains it can check for updates.(3/26)
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