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Conficker April Fools Fizzled, But Threat Remains
Closed Published April 8th, 2009 in Browser Security, Malware, Security
Security experts selling weapons to ward off the dreaded Conficker warned anyone who would listen that April 1 could be a day of destruction, as millions of infected machines started phoning home for malicious software updates.
Of course, not only was April Fool’s Day a non-event for Conficker, but now comes news that there are far fewer than millions of systems infected with this version of the worm. Earlier in the week Security Fix reported that only six percent of the world’s Conficker-infected systems are in North America, let alone the United States. Security Fix – Conficker’s April Fools Fizzled, But Threat Remains
