Conficker worm April fools joke? - 31/03/2009
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Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines - said to number from 3 million to 10 million globally, depending on estimates - could be activated for data destruction and theft or espionage, spam relays or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
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While a 'doomsday scenario' on April 1 seems unlikely. Conficker.C as a criminal operation out to make money but the biggest concern is the effectiveness it's had in spreading.
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The April 1 trigger date probably won't be so much about "mass destruction" and "lighting up the internet" that was seen by some worm outbreaks of years past.
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