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.CA Registrar Trying To Preempt Conficker

Posted by timothy on from the circling-the-wagons dept.

clover kicker writes "The CBC reports that the group managing Canada's .ca internet domain is working to foil an internet worm set to attack starting April Fool's Day. 'This is the first virus that's really focused on domain names as part of propagating the virus itself,' said Byron Holland, CEO of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, a non-profit organization that represents those who hold a .ca domain. CIRA's strategy includes pre-emptively registering and isolating previously unregistered .ca domain names that Conficker C is expected to try and generate, said a news release issued by the group. That would make those names unavailable for anyone to register in order to set up a website to host the worm's 'command and control' file. A list of the names has been predicted by security experts based on the worm's code. In addition, CIRA is investigating and monitoring activity at names on the list that have already been registered and will 'take appropriate action if suspicious activity is detected.'"

5 of 227 comments (clear)

  1. Hrm by Niris · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Am I the only one hoping this thing turns out HUGE? It'd be interesting to see what happens.

    1. Re:Hrm by toonces33 · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Yeah, until we get the phone call from someone who needs help disinfecting a Windows machine. Then it isn't quite as entertaining. I am of the opinion that the internet is dying, precisely because of stuff like this. It just gets worse and worse every year, bandwidth requirements for spam and other garbage keep climbing, and nobody has a plan for how to shut these things down once and for all.

  2. I feel left out... by erroneus · · Score: 5, Funny

    My wife runs MacOS and I have my Linux... I really wish I could get involved in the party. Will Cornfucker run under Wine?

  3. April Fools!!! by gsgriffin · · Score: 5, Funny

    is all the worm pops on the screen and does. Now how much money did you spend trying to ward off this script? That will be the real joke.

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  4. Re:Helps, but not much ... by Dr.+Cody · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw the article today on CBC (Canada's equivalent of the BBC).

    Well, that would certainly explain the "C," wouldn't it?