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One of the most dangerous threats ever, a computer worm known as "Conficker," is spreading through the Internet right now.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the intertubes 2009
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One of the most dangerous threats ever, a computer worm known as "Conficker," is spreading through the Internet right now.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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The consensus among several top researchers is that its controllers took the easiest route available: they simply seeded instructions within Conficker's customized peer-to-peer network.
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To get a full understanding of how jammed-packed Conficker is with sophisticated self-spreading and self-preserving features see this FAQ and this timeline.
How to diagnose and defeat the dangerous Conficker worm 2009
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A nasty piece of software most commonly known by the name Conficker began infecting computers around the world late last year.
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A nasty piece of software most commonly known by the name Conficker began infecting computers around the world late last year.
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We have been hit by a virus attack - it is a virus called Conficker which affects loopholes in the Microsoft Software.
The Register Team Register 2010
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We have been hit by a virus attack - it is a virus called Conficker which affects loopholes in the Microsoft Software.
The Register Team Register 2010
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Downadup Virus Hits Millions - The virus Downadup, which originated in October by the name Conficker, has apparently attacked more than 3.5 million computers in less than 24 hours.
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(The name Conficker comes from rearranging letters in the name of one of the original sites the worm was connecting to.)
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