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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Search Search: Conficker worm active, security experts say AFP - Friday, April 10 WASHINGTON (AFP) - - The Conficker worm, believed to have burrowed into millions of computers around the world, has sent an encrypted data message to infected machines, according to a computer security firm. ADVERTISEMENT Trend Micro said the purpose of the mysterious update, sent to other infected machines using peer-to-peer (P2P) file transfer software, was not immediately clear. Ivan Macalintal, a Trend Micro advanced threats researcher, said Conficker began showing activity on Tuesday, nearly a week after the expected April 1 activation date that had computer security experts on alert around the world. "As expected, the P2P communications of the Downad/Conficker botnet may have just been used to serve an update," Macalintal wrote in a post late Wednesday on the TrendLabs Malware blog. "The Conficker/Downad P2P communications is now running in full swing!" Macalintal said the worm was connecting to MySpace.com, MSN.com, eBay.com, CNN.com and AOL.com to detect whether a host computer is connected to the Web. After performing the test, it deletes any traces of itself in the infected machine, he said, adding that it is scheduled to stop running the test on May 3. "It runs and deletes all traces, no files, no registries etc," he said. The worm remains present on an infected machine, however, and could be activated at a later date. Trend Micro is monitoring the worm on an infected computer as part of the Conficker Working Group of security experts. A task force assembled by Microsoft has been working to stamp out Conficker, also referred to as DownAdUp, and the software colossus has placed a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of those responsible for the threat. The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or computers that haven't kept up to date with security patches for Windows. It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory sticks carrying data from one computer to another. Conficker could be triggered to steal data or turn control of infected computers over to hackers amassing "zombie" machines into "botnet" armies. Microsoft has modified its free Malicious Software Removal Tool to detect and remove Conficker. Security firms, including Trend Micro, Symantec and F-Secure, provide Conficker removal services at their websites. The tell-tale signs that a computer is infected includes the worm blocking efforts to connect with websites of security firms providing online tools for removing the virus. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Internet Portals & Search Engines Skype founders 'looking to buy back company'AFP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago US-TECH SummaryReuters - Saturday, April 11 Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks: AllThingsDAFP - Saturday, April 11 Charities battle world's woes with technologyAFP - Friday, April 10 Related Articles: Technology Skype founders 'looking to buy back company'AFP - 1 hour 32 minutes ago US-TECH SummaryReuters - Saturday, April 11 HP appeals patent dispute ruling, takes 2Q chargeAFP - Saturday, April 11 Microsoft, Yahoo! in search, ad talks: AllThingsDAFP - Saturday, April 11 Uproar over 'news story' ad on front page of LA TimesAFP - Saturday, April 11 Enlarge Photo A man surfs the Internet in Beijing. The Conficker worm, believed to have burrowed into millions of computers around the world, has sent an encrypted data message to infected machines, according to a computer security firm. Related Photos Slideshow Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines Related Full Coverage Internet Portals & Search Engines Latest development in the online world All Full Coverage Most Popular – Technology Viewed UN sounds warning after Antarctica ice shelf rips French commandos storm yacht Harry Potter actor arrested over cannabis find US navy bears down on Somali pirates Selective abortion causes 32mln excess China males View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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