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The Conficker worm, three years and counting

Nov

2011

This week marks the third anniversary of the first in the wild samples of Conficker appearing on the internet. If you recall, Conficker is the most recent widespread network worm that began to spread to millions of unpatched PCs in 2008. The first samples detected at the virus testing service Virus Total were spotted in […]

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Autorun-abusing malware (Where are they now?)

Jun

2011

On Feb. 8, Microsoft started releasing updates for the Windows XP and Vista platforms to make the Autorun feature more locked-down on those older platforms by preventing AutoPlay from being enabled automatically (except when it comes to “shiny media” such as CDs and DVDs). We knew we would want to come back sometime later to measure […]

Category General Written by Microsoft Malware Protection Center 0 Comments

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