Posted: January 23rd, 2009 | Tags: Conficker, Worm | No Comments »
According to PandaLabs laboratory about 6 % of computers worldwide are infected by worm Conficker. Infections are already detected more than in 80 countries of the world, among which most infected – Spain, the USA, Taiwan and Brazil.
According to PandaLabs the quantity of the PCs infected with worm Conficker, continues to grow. By results of laboratory PandaLabs researches, 6 % (5,77 %) computers worldwide are infected by this type of malware.
Research of two millions computers has shown that the infection which has arisen in China, has extended now in 83 countries, and in such countries as Spain, the USA, Taiwan, Brazil, and Mexico, it is especially dangerous.
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Posted: January 22nd, 2009 | Tags: Conficker, Malware, Worm | No Comments »
Computer worm Downadup, also known as Conficker and Kido, has infected at least every 16-th computer, running Windows operationg system.
According to Panda Security, six percent of Windows-computers which has been checked up by means of its anti-virus products, have appeared are infected with Downadup. It has been checked up about two millions computers from which more than 110 thousand contained Downadup. Six percent of Windows-computers infected with Downadup is a minimum.
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Posted: January 21st, 2009 | Tags: Botnet, Conficker, Malware, Worm | No Comments »
Super-botnet which is being built by the worm Conficker, has grown already at least to 3,5 million computers. Thus, this zombie-network in the sizes has surpassed all known till now botnets, including Storm, which, by some estimations, on peak of the development included from 500 thousand to one million computers.
Daily, taking for a basis of a mark of time from public sites like Google and Baidu, the program generates weight of sequences of the symbols similar to domain names. Using this set of the lines, the infected computer tries to contact the servers located on corresponding domains. In practice such domain can be only one — using the same algorithm, owners of a bot-network in advance register, lift on it a server and, thus, supervise all herd of zombies-computers.
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Posted: January 15th, 2009 | Tags: Conficker, Malware, Worm | No Comments »
For today three updatings Conficker are found out. The first cases инфицирования computers have been fixed in November, and jump of speed of distribution of the harmful program has had on the beginning of January.
Worms of the Conficker family use critical vulnerability in server services of Windows operating systems which Microsoft has eliminated in the end of the last year. Besides, infection can occur through USB-devices — for example, flesh-drives or МР3-players. Having got on the computer of a victim, Conficker loads additional malware components and allows cybercriminals to supervise the infected computer far off.
The worm is constantly updated, loading components from changing ip-addresses that complicates its blocking. Now it infects thousand computers worldwide. According to experts, founders of Conficker-worm prepare for the organisation of large-scale attack with use of the infected computers.
Posted: December 19th, 2008 | Tags: Malware, Virus, Worm | No Comments »
PandaLabs warns about mass dispatch of electronic letters with the harmful program P2PShared.U, disguised under messages from a network of restaurants of a fast food “McDonalds”.
In heading of the infected letters it is said that “McDonald’s” wishes addressees of happy Christmas. The letter text looks as follows: “McDonald’s” is glad to present you the last menu with huge discounts. Simply print the coupon from this message and go to the nearest McDonald’s for FREE gifts and FANTASTIC discounts ». Messages look so as if start with domain Mcdonalds.
The users, fallen for the bait malefactors and agreed to follow to instructions in the letter, instead of the discount in McDonald’s receive harmful program P2PShared.U Having got on the computer of a victim, this worm starts to dispatch the copies on the found e-mail addresses. Besides, P2PShared.U copies itself in the folders used by file exchange programs, under the names related to security applications, multimedia tools and so on. Thus, the user, tried to download any of these applications, gets infected also.
