Conficker Blamed In $72M Scareware Ring 28
tsu doh nimh writes with an update on the previously mentioned crackdown on scammers peddling fake antivirus products, who were apparently taking advantage of the worm that just won't go away: "Police in Ukraine said the thieves fleeced unsuspecting consumers with the help of the infamous Conficker worm, although it remains unclear how big a role the fast-spreading worm played in this crime. Interestingly, the picture showing the stack of PCs confiscated by Ukrainian authorities (SBU) in this raid is identical to the one shown in an SBU press release last fall, when the SBU detained five individuals connected to high-profile ZeuS Trojan attacks."
Conficker again? (Score:4, Informative)
This a really nasty piece of malware that actually prevents you from reaching any security-related sites.
This was also the impetus for my finally moving from XP to Ubuntu full-time.
Word for the wise: after you run a standard battery of antivirus programs, you should also run conciller.exe [google.com] . That's the only way to get rid of it for good. Otherwise it embeds itself into system files and re-emerges even after you apply a service pack.
More here [digitivity.org].