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Conficker Flaw Reveals Which Computers Are Infected

Even worm creators write buggy software.

Once it infects a computer, the Conficker worm closes the hole in Windows that it used to get onto the system so no other malware can get in. This also makes it difficult for organizations to detect which computers have the legitimate Microsoft patch and which have the fake Conficker patch.

However, Conficker's "patch" has a weakness that can be used to distinguish between patched computers and infected computers that look patched, according to the nonprofit Honeynet Project.

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5502d ago Replies(4)
silverchode5502d ago

is sony mentioned in this article?

Tetsuryu5502d ago (Edited 5502d ago )

It was a different submission before, this was a dupe and it got changed to what it is now.

Here's the link to the old story that was being commented on: http://www.escapistmagazine...

JHUX5502d ago

lol thanks for the link, I thought I was going crazy for a second.

DeFFeR5502d ago

because posting HOW you know this isn't going to make the worm creator just fix it for the "next" worm...

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Make your next GPU upgrade AMD as these latest-gen Radeon cards receive a special promotion

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Father__Merrin18h ago

Best for the money is the Arc cards

just_looken17h ago

In the past yes but last gen amd has gotten cheaper and there new cards are on the horizon making 6k even cheaper.

The arc cards are no longer made by intel but asus/asrock has some the next line battlemage is coming out prices tbd.

Do to the longer software development its always best to go amd over intel if its not to much more money even though intel is a strong gpu i own 2/4 card versions.

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