Encyclopedia entry: Win32/Conficker

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Encyclopedia entry: Win32/Conficker
Botnet	Conficker
Malware	Conficker_(bot)
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target
Origin
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2011 / 17 avril 2011
Editor/Conference	Microsoft Malware Protection Centre
Link	http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Threat/Encyclopedia/Entry.aspx?name=Win32%2fConficker (Archive copy)
Author	Joshua Phillips, Jireh Sanico, Vincent Tiu, Aaron Putnam
Type

Abstract

“ Win32/Conficker is a worm that infects other computers across a network by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE). If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, it could allow remote code execution when file sharing is enabled. Depending on the specific variant, it may also spread via removable drives and by exploiting weak passwords. It disables several important system services and security products and downloads arbitrary files.

Bibtex

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