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Is Conficker the start of the biggest botnet in history?

By bgt, on 31st March 2009

Conficker worm infected machines may comprise one of the biggest networks of robot computers (botnets) in Internet history if security experts’ fears are proved correct. From midnight on 1 April, the Conficker program will start scanning thousands of websites for a new set of instructions telling it what to do next.

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Parliamentary computers infected by Conficker worm

By bgt, on 27th March 2009

The House of Commons internal computer network has been infected by the “Conficker” worm and has had to ban its users from attaching outside storage, such as USB memory sticks, in case it gets reinfected. An estimated 10 million PCs worldwide have also been infected and experts fear next week will see problems worsen. For . . . → Read More: Parliamentary computers infected by Conficker worm

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