Malware City/Blog

Nov
30

Conficker – One Year After (Part Three)

Filed Under: MALWARE HISTORY
Getting beyond the myth

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Malware City/Blog

Nov
17

Conficker – One Year After (Part One)

Filed Under: MALWARE HISTORY
Getting beyond the myth

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Malware City/Blog

Jul
8

What’s new in the Conficker (Downadup) world?

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Infection rates still high

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Malware City/Blog

Apr
8

Updated Variant of the Downadup Worm Identified in the Wild

Filed Under: ALERTS
BUCHAREST, Romania – April 7, 2009 – Bitdefender researchers in the Antimalware Labs have identified a new variant of the Downadup / Conficker worm, able to circumvent detection and disinfection using the removal tools created for its previous versions.

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Malware City/Blog

Apr
1

Downadup – The Internet Apocalypse That Won’t Happen

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
Six months after the initial Downadup outbreak, the number of infected systems is still growing, while media speculates about a possible collapse of compromised computers around the world on April Fools’ Day.

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Malware City/Blog

Mar
16

Remove Downadup from infected computers

Filed Under: ALERTS
One of BitDefender's domains is the first to serve a free removal tool, which disinfects all versions of Downadup, without being blocked by the e-threat.

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Malware City/Blog

Feb
4

How big is the so-called Downadup pandemic after all?

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
What lies behind the infamous worm media alerts’ hysteria.

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Malware City/Blog

Jan
23

Weekly Review - Wormania

Filed Under: WEEKLY REVIEW
Upon the arrival of Win32.Worm.Downadup, a new worm is spreading in the wild. Having far more abilities then Downadup, but no vulnerability exploitation code, the worm is not as spread as Downadup but is still dangerous.

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