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Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload
Closed Published April 11th, 2009 in Browser Security, Malware
The Conficker worm is finally doing something–updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday.
Researchers were analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto infected computers but suspect that it is a keystroke logger or some other program designed to steal sensitive data off the machine, said David Perry, global director of security education at Trend Micro. Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload | Security – CNET News
