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Number of Conficker.c-Infected PCs Much Bigger than Thought

There are several estimations on the number of computers the Conficker.c worm infected since it was unleashed into the World Wide Web, but the number of infected machines might be way bigger than previously thought.Â Â According to Internet infrastructure provider OpenDNS, more than 500,000 of its users were infected by the malware worm. The [...]

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A Search is Launched for Confickers First Victim

Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a vast network of Internet sensors to track down the so-called “patient zero” of an outbreak that has infected more than 10 million computers to date. The university uses so-called darknet sensors that were set up [...]

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Number of Conficker.c-Infected PCs Much Bigger than Thought

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