Conficker.C primed for April Fool's activation
Mon, Mar 16th, 2009
We've been tracking the Conficker worm since it launched itself into the wild last November; despite the best efforts of security officials worldwide, the worm still hasn't been completely crushed. The original flavor and its nastier follow-up (Conficker.A and Conficker.B) have been locked down, but the worm's creators have a third version (Conficker.C, naturally) prepared to hit the tubes come April 1. The new "C" twist won't have all of the tools "B" used to replicate, but it will be able to detect and kill certain system processes designed to find and remove it.
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Topics: Last November, Vectors, Worm, Threat Profile, Threat Research
