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Conficker Worm Could Create World's Biggest Botnet

Posted by kdawson on from the holding-our-collective-breath dept.

nk497 writes "The worm that's supposedly infected almost nine million PCs running Windows, dubbed Cornficker or Downadup, could lead to a massive botnet, security researchers have said. The worm initially spread to systems unpatched against MS08-067, but has since 'evolved and is now able to spread to patched computers through portable USB drives through brute-force password-guessing.'"

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  1. Evolution by KasperMeerts · · Score: 4, Funny

    The worm initially spread to systems unpatched against MS08-067, but has since 'evolved

    It hasn't evolved. This is clearly Intelligent Design and anyone denying this is a godless heathen!

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    1. Re:Evolution by jabithew · · Score: 4, Funny

      You forgot arguably the biggest driver of evolution; sexual selection.

      But then, this is slashdot, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised.

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