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arstechnica.com - 3/31/2009
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The clock is ticking down towards Conficker.C's reported April 1 launch date, but an 11th-hour discovery by Team White Hat may substantially improve an IT shop's chance of catching the
bug early and stomping on it. The full technical details on the Conficker scanner are being ...
pandalabs.pandasecurity.com - 3/27/2009
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pandalabs.pandasecurity.com —
Lately it seems everybody is talking about Conficker
and its variants. And much more so if we...
have to take into account the build up fear around the coming day of April 1st. It’s been a while since we saw so much coverage in the general ...
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Don’t get taken in by the Conficker panic
mtc.sri.com - 3/25/2009
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mtc.sri.com —
Implications of Variant C Variant C represents the
third major revision of the Conficker malware family, which...
first appeared on the Internet on 20 November 2008. C distinguishes itself as a significant revision to Conficker B. In fact, we estimate ...
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An Analysis of Conficker C
blog.tenablesecurity.com - 3/30/2009
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blog.tenablesecurity.com —
Nessus plugin #36036 performs a network based check
for Windows computers infected with a variant of the...
Conficker virus. The scan does not need credentials, but does require ports 445 or 139 to be open between the Nessus scanner and...
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Detecting Conficker with Nessus
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11th-Hour Fix May Protect Huge Corporate Networks From Conficker Worm's Nastiness [Conficker]
Gizmodo —
... actually changes what Windows looks like on the network, and this change can be detected remotely, anonymously, and very, very quickly. You can literally ask a server if it's infected with Conficker, and it will tell you. The code, just released today, is quickly finding its way into the scanners of all the major security software companies, and will hopefully prevent the worldwide holocaust/Russian Lolcat invasion tomorrow. We'll see! [Doxpara Research via Ars Technica]
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