Conficker wakes up finally

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On the news they are saying the Conficker is waking up and downloading the payload via P2P. The worm is also checking if the computer has active internet connection by connecting to some popular sites like myspace, cnn, ebay, and aol. The security people are saying the worm is going to shutdown on may 3rd. The worm spreads via a hole in Windows that Microsoft patched in October, as well as through removable storage devices and network shares with weak passwords. The worm disables security software and blocks access to security Web sites.

Everyone needs to run windows update and update your Anti Virus programs.

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April 10, 2009 | Filed Under Internet

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  1. Do you have Downadup (aka Conficker or Kido) | Greg Ellison on April 11th, 2009 11:22 am

    [...] Conficker wakes up finally Microsoft needs your help!!! Downadup virus exposes millions of PCs to hijack [...]

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