Posted on Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
$250,000 Conficker Windows Worm Inactive on April 1, But Risk Still Exists
Softpedia
The Conficker worm proved a perfect fit for this year’s April Fools’ Day. With the security community holding its breath waiting to witness the evolution of the malicious code, scheduled for April 1, 2009, in order to react with counter measures, Worm:Win32/Conficker.D proved a dud. The worm did evolve to the next stage in its existence, but nothing else happened. Microsoft and the Conficker Working Group confirmed that no additional malicious activity has been detected or can be associated with Conficker. However, despite this aspect, the Redmond company is warning that the threat should not be dismissed.
