Posted on 04/10/2009 4:29:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono
The Conficker/Downadup worm is on the move again. After a relatively uneventful April 1, on which the worm began widening the number of Web sites that it scanned for instructions, a new Conficker variant has emerged and appears to be preparing to spam and steal information.
Symantec (NSDQ: SYMC) said the new Conficker/Downadup variant .E is designed to update version .C rather than the first-generation .A variant.
"In actuality, the primary objective is to update .C with the new features discussed during the briefing and drop Waledac binary onto the .C infected machines," a company spokesperson said in an e-mail.
(Excerpt) Read more at informationweek.com ...
This could be big, it’s notoriety is a good wake up call though.
Or is it Uncle Leo and the Russian Business Network, a.k.a. Putin's Little Pals?
IMO this is test, only a test...
I'd like to help them find their way into .... (all together now) "Wrong f****** rec room!!!!"
Go, Reba! Kill that damned ..... what did they call those things again?
Is that for real?
As far as I know it is real. It has been on a number techie websites.
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