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● 04.26.10

●● Quote of the Day: Conficker Still a “Loaded Gun, Waiting to be Fired.”

Posted in Microsoft, Quote, Security, Windows at 4:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: Conficker is still a major problem, a long time after it first appeared (affecting only Microsoft Windows)

IDG in Australia says:

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It’s been about a year since Conficker/Downadup hit in 2009, and although the threat didn’t turn out to be as grave as it had the potential to be, the 6.5 million PCs that remain infected today represent what Symantec Corp. calls a “loaded gun, waiting to be fired.”

It has been almost 2 years and Microsoft’s blunder with Conficker still has these damaging proportions that cost everyone a lot of money. █

=> cost everyone a lot of money

Old posts about Conficker (starting with 2008, oldest at at bottom)

Why Conficker is a Blessing to GNU/LinuxMicrosoft’s Blame-Shifting Strategy Precedes More TroubleLeave Microsoft AloneNever Blame Microsoft, Blame Users and ExploitsBotnets and Bounties Versus Real SecurityIs Windows to Blame for Cracking of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?Windows Problems Take Down Airplanes, JFK Airport, Houston Municipal CourtsTurkey, France, United Stated Under Attack by Microsoft Windows InsecuritiesMicrosoft Adopts Malware Techniques to Advance .NETWindows Botnets Go Out of Control, Obama Web Site Delivers Windows MalwareOne Windows Worm, One Week, and Possibly 250,000,000+ New Windows ZombiesDeath by Microsoft WindowsUNIX/Linux Offer More Security Than Windows: EvidenceUS Army Becomes Zombies Army; London Hospitals Still Ill (Windows Viruses)Eye on Microsoft: Another Messy Week for Security

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