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Windows 7: McAfee: New botnets dwarf Conficker threat

05 May 2009   #1

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 
McAfee: New botnets dwarf Conficker threat

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The Conficker worm, which has set off many a recent security alarm bell, may just be a small fry, compared to the growing number of botnets, viruses, and worms infecting cyberspace.
According to a report released on Tuesday from security vendor McAfee (PDF), cybercriminals have hijacked 12 million new computers since January with an array of new malware. This represents a 50 percent increase in the number of "zombie" computers over 2008.
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06 May 2009   #2

XP/win7 x86 build 7127
 
 

hehehe... did they read my reply a few hours ago ? lol
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06 May 2009   #3

Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
 
 

under what name? I don't see it.
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06 May 2009   #4

XP/win7 x86 build 7127
 
 

Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Airbot View Post
under what name? I don't see it.
lol... bond..... digger bond... lol haha ;P

see here: Conficker Worm news

basically i pointed the way, looks like they did the rest of the research info work for me
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