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'Downadup' Threats Most Common in Romania

Bitdefender, the well-known security solutions provider, released a report naming the most encountered threats found in the Romanian online environment in 2011's third trimester. It will be interesting to see the results of this study, especially after recent studies named Romania, along with France and China...

6 October 2011
07:49 GMT

$250,000 Reward for the Author of Nasty Worm Affecting Windows 7, Vista and XP

Microsoft has upped the stakes in the face-off with malware creators, and in a case of “dead-or-alive,” the company is bringing out the heavy guns and offering no less than a $250,000 reward for any information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the author/authors of the Conficker (Downadup) w...

13 February 2009
06:41 GMT

IIS 6 (Windows 2003) Servers Infected with the Downadup/Conficker

Conficker, also known as Downadup, is a piece of malware designed to spread by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). In this regard, all unpatched versions of Windows client and server operating systems are at risk of infection, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. However...

2 February 2009
05:50 GMT

Conficker Worm Infects 3,5 Million Computers

Researchers from the Finnish security vendor F-Secure, estimate that at least one million computers have been infected by the Conficker worm in a single day. Their worldwide infections count now reads 3,521,230, while other security professionals blame the companies and home users for failing to install the critical ...

16 January 2009
06:35 GMT


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