There has been a big break in the Conficker worm that threatens to activate and cause a lot of havoc on April 1: German researchers at the Honeynet Project have been able to fingerprint the malware on ...

SEATTLE - A nasty computer virus is expected to ramp up its efforts Wednesday, just in time for April Fools Day. Experts say the Conficker worm is no joke. It can hijack computers even without users ...

In an effort to impede the spread of the Conficker malware, Microsoft is forming a coalition composed of security industry researchers and academia to tackle the problem. And to spur the effort, the ...

Like other malware, the worm known as Conficker or Downadup is a blended threat, relying upon a variety of attack vectors, which range from brute-force password guessing to hitching rides on USB ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Conficker Internet worm's feared April Fools' Day throwdown for control of millions of infected PCs stirred lots of panic but came and went with a whimper. Security experts say ...

Computers infected with the Conficker worm are being updated with a new variant that sidesteps an industry effort to sever the link between the worm and its hacker controllers, researchers at Symantec ...

The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates. Slideshow: 10 of the Worst Moments in ...

A few days ago, I wrote about the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, free software from Microsoft that can remove the conficker (a.k.a. Downadup and Kido) worm along with other malicious ...

Kaspersky Labs discovered that Conficker is charging users $49.95 in order to “remove” the virus from your system. Is it part of a larger business model where the ...

The Conficker Worm is like the Paris Hilton of computer security: Famous solely for being famous. Neither has actually ever done anything of note. But, at least Paris has a sense of humor about her ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear ...

Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic on the Internet, according to Akamai Technologies. Variants of the ...