New Conficker Threat?

Conficker Update

I had a feeling this threat wasn't to be written off so easily. The Conficker worm released a new update to infected pc's via P2P programs in the last few days.

Conficker.e is downloading and installing fake security software. Often called rogue anti-virus or scareware it advises users they are infected with bogus malware and then opening 100's of pop-ups until they spend $50 to buy a useless program or pay a local repair shop to remove it. Rogue antivirus software has become a huge business, large enough for even Microsoft to worry about.

Conficker.e seems to have teamed up with Waledac authors.
Waledac is a malicious program that turns infected computers into spam bots, steals personal data, and opens up the users computer to any number of remote operations.

We'll need to keep a close eye on this one.

Have you been infected with Conficker or another form of malware?

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