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28 Mar 2009 17:17

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Tech: Protip: If you don’t want the Conficker virus, don’t search for it

  • That’s what Symantec says. Symantec, the world’s largest security firm, says that the Conficker virus (also known as Downadup) is spreading in part because those spreading the virus have stacked the deck in search engines. Many search results will automatically infect you with the virus, Symantec says. That’s lame. :( source

14 Feb 2009 09:08

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Tech: MS puts up a big bounty to find worm’s authors

  • $250,000 reward offered by Microsoft to find the authors of the Conficker/Downadup worm
  • 500,000 per day number of infections it’s caused recently, according to security firm Symantec source