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Conficker
Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. It uses flaws in Windows software and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use of many advanced malware techniques. At its peak, the Conficker had infected an estimated seven million government, business and home computers in over 200 countries, making it the largest known computer worm infection since the 2003 SQL Slammer.
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Worms infesting computers worldwide: Microsoft
A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data.
Nov 02, 2009 |
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New homeland security tool to detect Conficker worm
The US Department of Homeland Security released a tool on Monday to detect whether a computer is infected by the Conficker worm.
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Headless Conficker worm lives in computers
A unified effort has lopped the head off a treacherous Conficker computer worm but the malicious computer code lives on in infected machines.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers
(AP) -- University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.
Apr 12, 2009 |
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Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life
(AP) -- The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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Conficker worm digs in around the world
Computer security top guns around the world watched warily as the dreaded Conficker worm squirmed deeper into infected machines with the arrival of an April 1st trigger date.
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Conficker worm plays no tricks on April Fools' Day
The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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