Grr - Virus alert at new clientCo - cheers contractorUK!

[minestrone]

Conficker isn't spread by download from infected web sites, it's a network worm that can be picked up from infected media such as CDs, floppies, network shares or USB drives; can try to brute force admin passwords for local networks; or can take advantage of patched vulnerabilities in the MS Windows Server service. But you don't get it from visiting a website, or at least not variant A.

I suggest the OP's report is a false positive, a misidentification, a coincidence (the attack coming from elsewhere but happening as CUK was being viewed), or bulltulip.

System.out.println("you what?");

[NickFitz]

Conficker isn't spread by download from infected web sites, it's a network worm that can be picked up from infected media such as CDs, floppies, network shares or USB drives; can try to brute force admin passwords for local networks; or can take advantage of patched vulnerabilities in the MS Windows Server service. But you don't get it from visiting a website, or at least not variant A.

I suggest the OP's report is a false positive, a misidentification, a coincidence (the attack coming from elsewhere but happening as CUK was being viewed), or bulltulip.

[amcdonald]

I should explain, this happened yesterday morning - was on this site - I checked and didnt see anything other than the usual banner ads either.

I've not seen anything flagged up on the site, but banner ads themselves can be virus laden

[northernladuk]

Have you rebooted it?

[Scoobos]

I should explain, this happened yesterday morning - was on this site - I checked and didnt see anything other than the usual banner ads either.

[NickFitz]

Got Avast and Malwarebytes on here and no alerts. Will stick one of the ones you mention on. Anyone else getting warnings?

Had a try with my sacrificial XP/IE6 within a few minutes of the OP; didn't see anything unexpected going over the wire.

Must dash, I'm going to a private viewing at a gallery in town. Free glass of warm plonk FTW!

[Cliphead]

Nothing on any of the machines here. Avast, AntiVir, MWB

[Paddy]

Sawt it aaaaaaaaaaaauut...

MAL/Conflicker-A by Sophos and Mcafee.

It's only my 2nd week in

there are some sites with similar names that have viruses (I think one is contractuk). Check the spelling

[administrator]

Got Avast and Malwarebytes on here and no alerts. Will stick one of the ones you mention on. Anyone else getting warnings?

[Sysman]

Bah. MSNSecurity have been wittering about this one recently and trying to blame users for choosing weak passwords.

Microsoft Notes Rise of Once-Dormant Conficker Virus

"Conficker is one of the biggest security problems we face, yet it is well within our power to defend against,” explained Microsoft Trustworthy Computing director Tim Rains. "It is critically important that organizations focus on the security fundamentals to help protect against the most common threats."

Well pull your finger out Microsoft!

[cojak]

It's like you've been cottaging with wim121 and didn't use protection.

Or FireFox ..

[Old Greg]

Sawt it aaaaaaaaaaaauut...

MAL/Conflicker-A by Sophos and Mcafee.

It's only my 2nd week in

It's like you've been cottaging with wim121 and didn't use protection.

[Scoobos]

Sawt it aaaaaaaaaaaauut...

MAL/Conflicker-A by Sophos and Mcafee.

It's only my 2nd week in