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News Conficker Set to Strike: Protect Yourself with These Tips and Tools By Daniel Ionescu Mar 31, 2009 7:04 am PDT Graphic: Diego Aguirre ...
CONFICKER IS NOT HAPPENING. IGNORE CONFICKER. By John Herrman Published April 1, 2009 | Comments (0) | ...
Conficker.C is a particularly nasty virus as it is capable of scanning and killing processes for security products including disabling firewalls, patch deployment, as well as antivirus software ...
The Conficker computer worm put the world on edge, threatening machines that run Microsoft Windows. Here's a list of some of the most famed computer hackers since the invention of the first virus.
When the Conficker computer “worm” was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cyber-security experts didn’t know what to make of it. It infiltrated millions of computers around the globe.
Conficker, being a tricky little piece of programming, seems to be connected in some way to the Waledac worm -- and Waledac itself is considered to be an update of the Storm Worm.
Conficker-Storm comparisons are inevitable, but for the moment, Conficker seems to be more under control than Storm was at this stage of its life. Hopefully things will stay that way.
A more recent post on Conficker, updated April 1, here The Conficker virus continues to make sensational headlines, mostly of The-End-Is-Nigh variety. Most recent news accounts -- most prominently ...
The Conficker worm. With the global botnet programmed to accept new instructions beginning today, The New York Times called it an "unthinkable disaster" in the making. CBS’s 60 Minutes said the ...
Because Conficker debuted last fall, it hasn’t done much besides concentrate on spreading and blocking access to antimalware vendor sites. But Peterson believes Conficker was designed with the ...
Conficker's own version of MS08-67 was good enough to fool vulnerability scanners, a fact which made the already-tedious job of verifying that one's network was clean even worse.
Conficker is already inside millions of computers around the world, possibly yours even though you don’t know it, and it’s all being controlled by an anonymous bad guy who hasn’t been found.