Conficker worm no April Fool's day joke BE VERY CAREFUL ZONERS
Zone Piru ( Art & Graphics Director ) said
20:46 03/31 2009
Users are being warned the Conficker worm is ready for action on the 1 April - although no one is certain what the worm will do.
Conficker is a computer worm that can infect PCs and spread itself across a network automatically, without human interaction.
Chris Thomas, principal consultant for CA's Internet Security Business Unit told CRN, 1 April is when machines infected with the Conficker.C malware will "wake up" and start communicating with each other, waiting for commands.
"The sheer scale of infections is bigger than anything that CA has seen to date," he said.
"Upon activation this multi-million node botnet could be used for anything from sending enormous amounts of SPAM messages and phishing attempts to a large platform from which to launch denial-of-service attacks, disrupting the internet as a whole."
Thomas said as a matter of course, CA is urging PC users to make sure their anti-malware software is up to date with the latest signature.
In February, Microsoft partnered with technology industry leaders and academia to implement a coordinated, global response to the Conficker (aka Downadup) worm.
Microsoft also announced a US$250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.
Along with Microsoft, organisations involved in this collaborative effort include ICANN, NeuStar, VeriSign, CNNIC, Afilias, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International Inc, M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, the Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence.
Zone Piru ( Art & Graphics Director ) said
20:48 03/31 2009
ZONERS ANO JOKE TING MICROSOFT HAVE A BOUNTY OUT FI THE WRITER OF THE PROGRAM $250,000 US DOLLARS
shy guy said
20:49 03/31 2009
diss crazy....
PROVINCE said
08:15 04/01 2009
yow di ting set a way!!!!!!!
Ryan said
08:43 04/01 2009
dontayeb said
12:59 04/01 2009
HISSTEETH CHU DEM FE LOW DE VIRUS IF DEM NUH LOW IT HOW COMPUTER AGO GET INFECTED SO HOW MI AGO MEK MONEY IF MI NUH HAVE NUH COMPUTER FE FIX
Pr0n said
13:13 04/01 2009
If you're infected, you probably will have a hard time accessing MZJA today, or any site for that matter.
Ryan said
18:02 04/01 2009
real ting dontaye....
Nickquane said
18:04 04/01 2009
Vital said
18:04 04/01 2009
Dat MADDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mrlegendremix said
18:07 04/01 2009
dem a talk bout that all day pon news channel 12 yesterday
***DK*** said
18:12 04/01 2009
@ donta
MZ Legend said
04:07 04/05 2009
mi naa worry bout disss
bLaCkBeatZ said
07:57 05/04 2009
my pc is still ok
Nuts303 said
18:31 07/29 2009
tha virus yah a one of the wickedest thing mi ever hear bout but no problem to me it nah go trouble me it ago trouble who trouble it
Users are being warned the Conficker worm is ready for action on the 1 April - although no one is certain what the worm will do.
Conficker is a computer worm that can infect PCs and spread itself across a network automatically, without human interaction.
Chris Thomas, principal consultant for CA's Internet Security Business Unit told CRN, 1 April is when machines infected with the Conficker.C malware will "wake up" and start communicating with each other, waiting for commands.
"The sheer scale of infections is bigger than anything that CA has seen to date," he said.
"Upon activation this multi-million node botnet could be used for anything from sending enormous amounts of SPAM messages and phishing attempts to a large platform from which to launch denial-of-service attacks, disrupting the internet as a whole."
Thomas said as a matter of course, CA is urging PC users to make sure their anti-malware software is up to date with the latest signature.
In February, Microsoft partnered with technology industry leaders and academia to implement a coordinated, global response to the Conficker (aka Downadup) worm.
Microsoft also announced a US$250,000 reward for information that results in the arrest and conviction of those responsible for illegally launching the Conficker malicious code on the Internet.
Along with Microsoft, organisations involved in this collaborative effort include ICANN, NeuStar, VeriSign, CNNIC, Afilias, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International Inc, M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, the Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence.