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All Quiet on the Conficker Front. Now What?
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Posted by Donster on: 2009-04-01 15:04:02 332
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By Elinor Mills @ CNET News
As expected, the Conficker worm failed to cause the digital pandemonium that some may have feared.
So, can we all just go back to playing on Facebook and watching the game now?
Not really. Just because the worm failed to create much of a stir on the day it was set to activate, April 1, doesn't mean it won't wake up and act later.
"The (malicious) hackers can tell their worm to do something any day of the year; they're just as likely to do it tomorrow or next Wednesday or in August," said Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant with Sophos.
Then why the April 1 message in the code?
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