Conficker Worm Spreads Fast, Infects Millions
A malicious worm that exploited a critical Windows flaw has infected at least 9 million PCs, and is spreading rapidly across numerous corporate networks worldwide, experts say.
Like other malware, the worm known as Conficker or Downadup is a blended threat, relying upon a variety of attack vectors, which range from brute-force password guessing to hitching rides on USB sticks, in order to replicate and spread throughout a network. However, what experts say makes this worm unique is the rate of speed at which it replicates.“The notion of using multiple attack vectors, that in and of itself is not terribly new,” said Derek Brown, security researcher for TippingPoint’s DVLabs Team. “The unique thing about this is the speed at which it has spread and I think that’s a result of the size of the [Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT)] vulnerability. That was a pretty big one.”
The first variant of the Conficker worm appeared in November 2008, and exploited a critical Windows vulnerability in the way the Server Service handles RPC requests.
Yupss..It already has been spread up around us, including my PC and our LAN in the office. We have no idea how terminate it. Anti Virus’s vendor what we usually to use update it could reach after it infected our PC. We do hope that the expert already found the way to kill it. For now, all we can do is reinstalling our PC what infected it.