US-CERT Conficker Worm Targets Microsoft Windows Systems

"Conficker Worm Targets Microsoft Windows Systemsadded March 29, 2009 at 08:18 pm updated March 30, 2009 at 03:06 pm
US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating a widespread infection of the Conficker/Downadup worm, which can infect a Microsoft Windows system from a thumb drive, a network share, or directly across a corporate network, if the network servers are not patched with the MS08-067 patch from Microsoft.Home users can apply a simple test for the presence of a Conficker/Downadup infection on their home computers. The presence of a Conficker/Downadup infection may be detected if a user is unable to surf to their security solution website or if they are unable to connect to the websites, by downloading ..." Click here to read more.