1st of all, im MAC, im not a PC..
i just to warn all WINDOWS users out there.. only for WINDOWS (^_^)
What exactly does Conficker do? At the moment, nobody really seems to know. Symantec’s security researchers, for instance, theorize that the network of Conficker-infected machines will be “rented out to criminals who want to send spam, steal IDs and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.” The reality is that, because Conficker isn’t active at the moment, nobody knows how it may be used. What is known, however, is that on April 1, certain variants of Conficker will take some active steps to further protect themselves from detection and removal. Infected machines are effectively under control of those who wrote Conficker, and they can install malicious code at their discretion. Experts say its the worst infection since 2003's SQL Slammer. Estimates of the number of computers infected range from almost 9 mil PCs to 15 mil computers. Panda Antivirus reported of 2 mil computers analyzed throught ActiveScan, around 115000 were infected. Potential of infection is 30%. Even computers from the UK Ministry of Defence got infected..
for MAC users- as usual nothing to worry about.
i just to warn all WINDOWS users out there.. only for WINDOWS (^_^)
What exactly does Conficker do? At the moment, nobody really seems to know. Symantec’s security researchers, for instance, theorize that the network of Conficker-infected machines will be “rented out to criminals who want to send spam, steal IDs and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.” The reality is that, because Conficker isn’t active at the moment, nobody knows how it may be used. What is known, however, is that on April 1, certain variants of Conficker will take some active steps to further protect themselves from detection and removal. Infected machines are effectively under control of those who wrote Conficker, and they can install malicious code at their discretion. Experts say its the worst infection since 2003's SQL Slammer. Estimates of the number of computers infected range from almost 9 mil PCs to 15 mil computers. Panda Antivirus reported of 2 mil computers analyzed throught ActiveScan, around 115000 were infected. Potential of infection is 30%. Even computers from the UK Ministry of Defence got infected..
for MAC users- as usual nothing to worry about.
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