New, Stealthy Conficker B++ Worm Discovered

nandemoari writes "A new variant of the Conficker/Downadup worm has been detected. The worm opens a backdoor on an infected machine and allows hackers remote control of infected PCs. Dubbed Conficker B++ (and not to be confused with Conficker B), the new variant of the worm opens a backdoor with auto-update functionality, allowing a hacker to distribute malware to infected machines. It's difficult to know exactly how long Conficker B++ has been circulating, but researchers first noticed it on February 6 of this year." If this seems familiar to you, it probably is.

Who is at risk?

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's turn this blog positive.

  What current anti-virus solution detects and removes this new variant ?,
  Who is it risk?, people with updated anti virus solutions? or just people who don't use and update them?
Are people with Linux and OS-X at risk also ? What is the scope of it?
If Linux and OS-x are not threatened This might be another reason Not to use Windows ?
  The answers to these will help people determine just how big a threat or not this new variant might be, and help them help themselves

 

Re:Who is at risk?

[dave562]

The article spells it out. People who haven't applied the security patch that Microsoft released months ago are vulnerable. The rest of the world are just fine. So like usual, it comes down to the poor home users who get screwed while the corporate networks who actually have admins doing their job maintaining them are doing just fine. Luckily things are better and only the subset of home users who don't have automatic updates turned on are screwed.