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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 27,687
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The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the Internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on Wednesday -- April Fools' Day.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/conficker.asp
http://www.technologyreview.com/wire/22364/?a=f
Am I at risk of having the Conficker worm?
Most antivirus software could detect and block the Conficker worm, so if you have updated antivirus software on your computer, you are at a much lower risk of being infected by the Conficker worm.
If you or your network administrator have not installed the latest security updates from Microsoft and your antivirus provider, and if you have file-sharing turned on, the Conficker worm could allow remote code execution. Remote code execution allows an attacker to take control of your computer and use it for malicious purposes.
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/com...conficker.mspx
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