bassexpander
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 Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject: Conflicker virus now waking and causing problems |
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517817,00.html
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BOSTON � A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.
Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is quietly turning an unknown number of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam, they added.
The worm started spreading late last year, infecting millions of computers and turning them into "slaves" that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an army of computers known as a botnet......
....Conficker also carries a third virus that warns users their PCs are infected and offers them a fake anti-virus program, Spyware Protect 2009 for $49.95, according to Russian-based security researcher Kaspersky Lab.... If they buy it, their credit card information is stolen and the virus downloads even more malicious software.
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