Users are concerned that the Conficker worm is reloading updates. Avira users can remain calm: Avira’s AntiVir recognizes and removes the new variant of the harmful program.
Tettnang, 9 April 2009 – Worm Conficker.C has started to reload updates – however not through the websites many people originally observed, but through its peer-to-peer function. The new variant spreads exclusively through the Windows vulnerability (MS08-067), which was already closed in November 2008 with a security patch from Microsoft. The worm contains a routine to deactivate itself on 3 May 2009. AntiVir already detects the new variant as “TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen”. Users of Avira’s AntiVir anti-virus solutions are safe from this harmful software. The anti-virus software recognizes the harmful program as “Worm/Conficker.D” with the virus definition file 7.01.03.39.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
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