Conficker Worm wakes up.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/09/conficker.activated/index.html?iref=mpstoryview


updated 9:29 a.m. EDT, Thu April 9, 2009

Conficker wakes up, updates via P2P, drops payload

* Story Highlights
* The Conficker worm, scheduled to awaken April 1, is finally doing something
* The worm is infiltrating computers in a staggered manner instead of all at once
* Experts suspect program is designed to steal sensitive data from infected computers
* Worm is set to shut down on May 3, according to the TrendLabs Malware Blog
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By Elinor Mills
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(CNET) -- The Conficker worm is finally doing something--updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday.
 

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