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The Conficker worm
has created secure infrastructure for cybercrime. The worm allows its
creators to remotely install software on infected machines. What will
that software do? We don’t know. Most likely the worm will be used to
create a botnet that will be rented out to criminals who want to send
SPAM, steal IDs and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.
The Conficker worm mostly spreads across networks. If it finds a
vulnerable computer, it turns off the automatic backup service, deletes
previous restore points, disables many security services, blocks access
to a number of security web sites and opens infected machines to receive
additional programs from the malware’s creator. The worm then tries to
spread itself to other computers on the same network. |
