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Researchers: Conficker All About Money

Science & Tech (tags: technology, Conflicker, Worms, Viruses, computers, crime, investigation, research )

Dee
- 263 days ago - cbsnews.com

The Conficker worm that has infected millions of Windows-based computers will likely be used to send spam and steal data much like one of the nastiest botnets on the Internet does, researchers said on Thursday after finding links between the two worms.

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Dee C. (528)

Saturday April 11, 2009, 9:24 am
"A week after failing to do anything but snore, the much hyped Conficker worm was roused from its slumber on Wednesday, with infected computers transmitting updates via peer-to-peer and dropping a mystery payload onto PCs. Researchers suspect that the payload program may be a keystroke logger, a spam generator, or both.

Conficker now also tries to connect to MySpace.com, MSN.com, eBay.com, CNN.com, and AOL.com as a way to test that the computer has Internet connectivity, deletes all traces of itself in the host machine, and is set to shut down some functionality on May 3."

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