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Years-Old Conficker Worm Still a Threat

Posted by timothy on from the barely-know-'er dept.

RedEaredSlider writes "The Conficker worm is still a threat, even though it is more than two years old and nobody has used it in a botnet attack yet. The problem is that so many machines are infected (largely because many don't realize it) and it's such a flexible piece of malware."

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  1. The real issue: by Isaac+Remuant · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Average User is still a threat in his path to ignore one and all security measures.

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    "Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. " - Asimov.