Conficker Fails To Cause Internet Chaos – Yet

A virus that experts believe has wormed its way into millions of computers was activated today… but with little effect.

The Conficker virus, which is thought to have infected up to 15million computers since last autumn, has so far lurked harmlessly – but many believed it was programmed to change the way it operated today.

Experts fear the virus could be used to steal bank details, send spam emails or crash a major website by overloading it by redirecting all affected computers to it, but none of these events have happened yet.

‘Conficker has activated,’ said Patrik Runald, chief security adviser at F-Secure.

‘So far nothing has actually happened.’

via DailyMail

Posted on April 1, 2009 | Filed Under Tech

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