Downadup / Conficker Just Getting Started?

[exfileme]

Currently the Downadup/Conficker virus has infected an estimated 6 percent of PCs worldwide, and researchers are waiting for its climactic "second act" of doom.

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[timaahhh]

%6 that is unreal. I'm guessin torrents have a lot to do with infection considering the countries with the highes infection rates. Man that is unreal though.

 

[joz]

Anyone remember the most recent "Die Hard" movie...

Firesail.....

ahum..some evil ex-goverment techie is planning his bid to steal information/$.

for the lulz.

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]joz[/nom]Anyone remember the most recent "Die Hard" movie...Firesail.....ahum..some evil ex-goverment techie is planning his bid to steal information/$.for the lulz.[/citation]
Nope, it's /b/.

They plan to make a 1 gig partition of cp on every infected persons hard drive, then report the police on every single one of them, thus causing lulz.

 

[ravenware]

How are they loading it in exactly? Is it coming through email or are they attacking websites?

 

[stridervm]

It spreads primarily thru infected USB drives, by using autorun.

 

[Guest]

How are they loading it in exactly? Is it coming through email or are they attacking websites?

is like asking:
"Where can I download it?"

Probably on bittorrent sites, but you'll need to download a virusscanner first to determine if your computer is affected or not.

Damn! I wished those bureaucrats would allow illegal downloading!

"well, technically the author of the worm hasn't patented his worm yet;and since it has no copyright you can download it legally; this means good news for you P2P sharers; additional data to share!!

 

[Guest]

How are they loading it in exactly? Is it coming through email or are they attacking websites?

is like asking:
"Where can I download it?"

Probably on bittorrent sites, but you'll need to download a virusscanner first to determine if your computer is affected or not.

Damn! I wished those bureaucrats would allow illegal downloading!

"well, technically the author of the worm hasn't patented his worm yet;and since it has no copyright you can download it legally; this means good news for you P2P sharers; additional data to share!!