Beware Conficker worm come April 1

Beware Conficker worm come April 1

The Conficker worm that has left a trail of destruction in its wake for the last six months is set for a new evolution April 1 that will enable it to stealthily launch a variety of malware attacks unbeknownst to the security community.
Security experts say that the new Conficker variant, which has infected at least 12 million users around the globe since its creation in October, will contain a new update mechanism that will allow it to communicate with its command and control centers to upload new marching orders and launch attacks at will.

Conficker is clever in the way it hides its tracks because it uses an enormous number of URLs to communicate with HQ. The first version of Conficker used just 250 addresses each day -- which security researchers and ICANN simply bought and/or disabled -- but Conficker C will up the ante to 50,000 addresses a day when it goes active, a number which simply can't be tracked and disabled by hand.

At this point, you should be extra vigilant about protecting your PC: Patch Windows completely through Windows Update and update your anti-malware software as well. Make sure your antivirus software is actually running too, as Conficker may have disabled it.

Microsoft also offers a free online safety scan here, which should be able to detect all Conficker versions.

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