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We had the joyous task of removing all trace of this from several ClientCo servers a while back, and then applying the patch that had somehow become stalled in the IT approval process.Originally posted by DaveB View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket? -
That would have been the A or B Varients then.Originally posted by voodooflux View Post
This is a new version that generates around 50,000 faked URL requests per second to disguise the one it is actually communicating with. Get a few of these on your network and you can bend over and kiss your DNS goodbye in addition to the malware problems you are about to aquire."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Does it exploit the same vulnerability as the other variants?Originally posted by DaveB View Post
The network at ClientCo is so slow they probably wouldn't notice the slowdown
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Yup, vulnerability in svchost.exe. If you patched it the last time around you should be safe this time.Originally posted by voodooflux View Post"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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And hopefully our anti-virus patterns are now up to date so they pick it up this time - a lot of AV vendors were caught out by the earlier variants.Originally posted by DaveB View PostWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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Obligatory pedantry: it's a worm, not a virus.Comment
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BBC News: Conficker begins stealthy updateWhere are we going? And what’s with this hand basket?Comment
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what was foun and it's effects direct from the horses (well Trend Micro's) mouthOriginally posted by voodooflux View Post
http://blog.trendmicro.com/The proud owner of 125 Xeno Geek PointsComment
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