Vista - Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack

**barman58** · 04-09-2009

Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack

Security experts have uncovered new Conficker activity which could indicate that the hackers behind the worm are finally gearing up for an assault.
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered a new variant of Downad/Conficker last night, called Worm_Downad.E, which is spreading over the peer-to-peer network of infected PCs created by the previous version.

Full story ....

Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack - vnunet.com

**dinesh** · 04-09-2009

Even if conficker worm gets inside the computer, there are so many ways to remove it. So its just a bad luck for those who made conficker.

SCSIraidGURU · 04-09-2009

The network anti-virus detected its first PDF based virus.

**Everlong18** · 04-09-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh

Even if conficker worm gets inside the computer, there are so many ways to remove it. So its just a bad luck for those who made conficker.

But there are a lot of people out there who don't do regular virus checks and don't keep themself properly protected.

SCSIraidGURU · 04-09-2009

Conficker D and E may not protected against without constant checking and updating.

04-09-2009	#1 (permalink)
barman58 Windows 7 RC x64 Vista HP x86 1,683 posts	Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack Security experts have uncovered new Conficker activity which could indicate that the hackers behind the worm are finally gearing up for an assault. Researchers at Trend Micro discovered a new variant of Downad/Conficker last night, called Worm_Downad.E, which is spreading over the peer-to-peer network of infected PCs created by the previous version. Full story .... Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack - vnunet.com
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04-09-2009	#2 (permalink)
dinesh Windows 7 RTM 64-bit 1,264 posts	Re: Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack Even if conficker worm gets inside the computer, there are so many ways to remove it. So its just a bad luck for those who made conficker.
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04-09-2009	#3 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack The network anti-virus detected its first PDF based virus.
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04-09-2009	#4 (permalink)
Everlong18 Windows 7 x64 1,287 posts	Re: Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack Quote: Originally Posted by dinesh Even if conficker worm gets inside the computer, there are so many ways to remove it. So its just a bad luck for those who made conficker. But there are a lot of people out there who don't do regular virus checks and don't keep themself properly protected.
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04-09-2009	#5 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Experts warn of imminent Conficker attack Conficker D and E may not protected against without constant checking and updating.
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