The new version allows the virus to download updates that could potentially give it new abilities and ways of spreading. It also skips the download of Antivirus XP, a fake security program that once lured victims into handing over credit card information and later became a dead giveaway of a Conficker infection.
Experts believe that older versions of the virus will not be able to automatically update to the newer version and that systems with the proper security updates from Microsoft should be safe. But that's no excuse for letting yourself get comfortable. Programs such as Conficker are dangerous, and only your own due diligence can keep you safe. So run regular scans and keep Windows, as well as your anti-virus and anti-spyware tools, up-to-date
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The new version allows the virus to download updates that could potentially give it new abilities and ways of spreading. It also skips the download of Antivirus XP, a fake security program that once lured victims into handing over credit card information and later became a dead giveaway of a Conficker infection.
Experts believe that older versions of the virus will not be able to automatically update to the newer version and that systems with the proper security updates from Microsoft should be safe. But that's no excuse for letting yourself get comfortable. Programs such as Conficker are dangerous, and only your own due diligence can keep you safe. So run regular scans and keep Windows, as well as your anti-virus and anti-spyware tools, up-to-date
Ran across a nasty virus at work that seems to do something to the explorer shell and makes a folder with a bunch of dll's and batchfiles to basically block things from running. Malwarebytes didn't pick it up and it would stop ComboFix and a few other programs. Even renaming them didn't work. I removed something similar awhile back but forgot what program killed the processes this thing runs. I didn't feel like spending the 3 hours of trying to get around this thing and just went and reloaded the machine. Much faster and a sure way to remove it.
Not sure where this guy got it, but it was probably the worst one I've seen yet.
Ran across a nasty virus at work that seems to do something to the explorer shell and makes a folder with a bunch of dll's and batchfiles to basically block things from running. Malwarebytes didn't pick it up and it would stop ComboFix and a few other programs. Even renaming them didn't work. I removed something similar awhile back but forgot what program killed the processes this thing runs. I didn't feel like spending the 3 hours of trying to get around this thing and just went and reloaded the machine. Much faster and a sure way to remove it.
Not sure where this guy got it, but it was probably the worst one I've seen yet.
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