Author Topic: Upgraded Win32:Neeris worm now infects in the way Conficker does!  (Read 1856 times)

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Offline polonus

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Hi malware fighters,

It seems the makers of Neeris worm (dating from 2005) now use the same MS vulnerability that Conficker worm uses, so malcreants are aware of each others creations:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/Entry.aspx?Name=Worm%3aWin32%2fNeeris.gen!C

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