Conficker

Conficker is a piece of malicious software that has infected tens of millions of computers world wide.  On April 1st it was believed that  all the computers infected will try to contact a central server for instructions.  Although the exact whereabouts of the author are unknown, there is some suspicion that he might be based in Ukraine few of the computers there have been infected.   Microsoft has also offered  up a $250,000 reward for information leading to his capture.  There is much speculation as to what is really going to happen on/after April 1st. Is it just one big April Fool's joke, or will it send out massive amounts of spam mail, or will it gather and sell credit card information? Who knows. Maybe it will do all of them. Maybe none. Experts think that it may be as long as five days before they find out what the impact might be.  If you think your computer is infected however, back it up on to an external hard drive as soon as possible.  If not, still back up your hard drive, but also download antivirus software such as Trend Micro, McAfee, AVG or Norton.

For a thorough presentation on Conficker visit Third Brigade

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