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Stories about: Downadup

$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