An estimated one to two million computers worldwide are infected with Conficker 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. The malicious software evolved, as expected, from East to West, beginning in time zones first […]

Conficker Worm is Active As many as 12 million computers have been infected by Conficker 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. As many as 12 million computers

Conficker Worm is not Playing the Fool Conficker had been programmed to reach out to 250 websites daily The Conficker worm’s April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedevilling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over. Conficker did just what the “white hats” tracking

Conficker Virus Begins its Attack This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet 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,

More About Software Viruses Polymorphic Software Viruses In just a year production of polymorphic viruses became a “trade”, followed by their “avalanche” in 1993. The authors of viruses were competing not in creating the toughest virus but the toughest polymorphic mechanism instead. These viruses require special methods of detection, including emulation of the viruses’ executable