Posts Tagged ‘Downadup’
Neeris : The downadup replica
Posted by: manoj1987 on: April 8, 2009
With Conficker issue not yet over , a replica of it is out in the “market” . Recently reported by Microsoft as a replica of Downadup, the worm is detected to be Win32/Neeris.gen!C. Microsoft calls it a “copycat” of downadup.
This latest variant of Neeris , which has been in existence since 2005 , [...]
Finally a solution for Downadup
Posted by: manoj1987 on: March 14, 2009
Downadup is second to the notorius SQL slammer worm that devastated the Internet in 2003 . It exploits a bug in the Windows Server service used by Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008. It spreads primarily through a buffer overflow vulnerability in Windows Server Service where it disables the operating system update [...]
The Conficker threat grows
Posted by: manoj1987 on: January 24, 2009
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The conficker threat is growing day by day .The latest variants of Conficker has spread to over 9 million PCs and Servers worldwide as it uses multiple techniques to spread to vulnerable systems.This dangerous worm has also been named as Downadup , WORM_DOWNAD.A and even Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.l
The worm initially spread to systems unpatched [...]
