US-CERT warns of another variant of Conficker worm

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) warns that researchers on April 9 discovered a new variant of the Conficker worm that updates earlier infections via its peer-to-peer network. The worm, also known as W32.Downadup, also is resuming its scan-and-infect activity, searching for unpatched systems that can be exploited.

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