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W32/Confick-A

Aliases
  • Worm:Win32/Conficker.A
  • W32/Conficker.worm
  • Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.aqfw
Category
Type
What to do
Prevalence low high

Summary

 
How it spreads
  • Network shares
Affected operating systems Windows
Characteristics
  • Installs itself in the registry
Protection available since 25 November 2008 20:15:19 (GMT)
Last updated 13 February 2009 15:55:35 (GMT)
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Action


Please see the custom cleanup instructions for Mal/Conficker-A.

More Information

W32/Confick-A is a worm which spreads by exploiting the MS08-067 Windows Server service vulnerability.

W32/Confick-A is a member of the Conficker family of worms. For a detailed description of the behavior of these worms please refer to the information for Mal/Conficker-A.

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