Thursday, March 19, 2009

new computer virus "APRIL MOP"

April MOP? Hopefully so. However, according to Computer Associates (CA), on 1 April future, suspected that day will be spread new variants of the worm Conficker (Downadup), ie the Win32/Conficker.C, m mass-produce each day's target of up to 50,000 URLs.
According to the CA, compared to two previous vresi worm, Conficker. C is highly increased in menyusupi how computer users. CA said, this latest version throw off some of the functionality distribution, but probably will not trigger a reaction from the security software because it menjegal tool used to monitor and remove Conficker of systems infected. The dijegal for example, is ProcessExplorer.

This payload is not directly damage the file, but the worm was set to act in the future. He will modify and lower Windows security settings, remove the system restore points, turn off services such as Windows Defender and the Error Reporting Service, kill 23 security-related services, to block access to 71 Web site developer software security and be ready download arbitrary files from a number of sites Web.

According to CA, Conficker.C will try to access the URL of 50,000 each day. Therefore you are advised to update your security software before the worm becomes active.

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