Conficker worm is active again
Posted: April 27th, 2009 | Tags: Botnet, Conficker |As mark security experts form Symantec, Conficker step-by-step transforms thousands of infected PCs into zombie network for spam and spyware distribution. The worm loads it’s code under the name Waledac which unites the infected machines in the botnet.
Employees of Trend Micro underline that the network of zombie computers, formed by Conficker, probably, is one of the most difficult and thought over the history of botnets. The creation of this network proceeds rather slowly, however experts do not eliminate possibility of application the botnet in the organisation of massed attacks and distribution of millions undesirable emails.
Conficker has been detected in November of last year, however the peak of its activity was on the beginning of January. By various estimations, for today the harmful program could infect up to 20 million computers worldwide. For a trustworthy information about authors of worm Conficker the award at a rate of 250 thousand dollars is offered.
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