Conficker (Downadup) Virus Alert

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 at 8:10 PM

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Conficker (Downadup) Virus Alert – Protect your computer with Panda Security.

As you’re no doubt aware there’s a new worm causing suffering to PC users worldwide, called “Confiker”.

What is Confiker ?

The Confiker worm, which has surged dramatically during the past few days, exploits a bug in the Windows Server service used by all supported versions of Microsoft’s operating system including; Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008.

Confiker disables system restore, blocks access to security websites, and downloads additional malware to infected machines.

The worm uses a complicated algorithm which changes daily and is based on timestamps from public websites such as Google and Baidu.

The worm’s algorithm generates huge numbers of domain names every day such as: qimkwaify .ws, mphtfrxs .net, gxjofpj .ws, imctaef .cc, and hcweu .org.

This functionality makes it impossible and impractical to shut them all down; most of them in fact are never registered in the first place.

All of Panda’s software provides complete security protection against Confiker virus.

Conficker, a new family of computer worms, is spreading rapidly: It has already infected almost 6% of computers worldwide, and has spread across 83 countries.

- It spreads by exploiting a vulnerability in Windows, as well as USB and MP3 devices.

- It is designed to remain hidden on computers.

- It allows third parties to take remote control of your computer.

Now is the time to act to prevent infection!

Panda 2009 Solutions proactively detect Conficker virus, so users have been protected from the outset against this threat.