Bharath on April 9th, 2009

By now many of you might be aware that Conficker has infected millions of PC all around the world. Who knows your system also might have been affected. Conficker test from the University of Bonn to know if your system is affected or not! Affected don’t get panic it’s not gonna crash your system as it’s [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Has Conficker infected your computer? Check now.

Many anti-virus manufacturers are offering specific tools for detecting and removing Conficker. These applications do not require installation of a complete AV package. The easiest way to proceed is to download the tool on an uninfected computer, copy it onto a USB drive and then run it on the infected system. NOTE – all of [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Conficker Info pages and removal tools from AV vendors

The Conficker worm has been stepping up its activities with reports made of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on a number of Russian websites. David Harley, director of malware research at ESET, working with researchers from Arbor Networks, claimed that a Russian newspaper is stating that attacks on tonks.ru, roem.ru and others are evidence [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Russian website claims that Conficker is launching DDoS attacks

Bharath on April 8th, 2009

SEATTLE (Reuters) – Computer users’ growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, according to a Microsoft Corp report published on Wednesday. As the Conficker worm and other malicious software — known as malware — have grabbed headlines, more computer users have been [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Fake security alerts behind rise in PC attacks

Last week, when the Internet’s eighth largest domain registrar was slammed by a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, customers of Register.com were left without service and, in some cases, answers. The DoS attack ultimately led to a 48-hour outage, and many customers quit the service citing a lack of communication from the company as a reason. For complete article visit [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Register.com outage still sparking debate and ridicule

Bharath on April 8th, 2009

Scammers are sending bogus email disguised as a Microsoft security alert, in a criminal attempt to trick users into purchasing a rogue scanner (aka scareware). The fraudulent email reads as follows: ———————– Starting April 1st 2009 the ‘Conficker’ virus started infecting Windows users very quickly. Microsoft was advised by your Internet provider that your system [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Continue reading about Microsoft Spoofed in Conficker "Alert"