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Using Conficker's Tricks To Root Out Infections

Posted by Soulskill on from the fighting-fire-with-thermometers dept.

iago-vL writes "Despite having their domain blacklisted by Conficker, the folks at Nmap have released version 4.85BETA8, which promises better detection of the Conficker worm. How? By talking to it on its own peer-to-peer network! By sending encrypted messages to a suspect host, the tools will get Conficker.C and higher to reveal itself. This curious case of using Conficker's own tricks to find it is similar to the last method that we discussed. More information from the author is available, as well as a download for the new release (or, if you're a Conficker refugee, try a mirror instead)."

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  1. Freddie Mac's CFO kills loser self by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=1657033&nid=25

    Good riddance! I hope it ALL comes out now and that anyone in Congress who engineered the mortgage meltdown has their lives ruined.