New variant of 'extremely toxic' virus appears

Just after Microsoft awarded the $ 250,000 prize to those who caught the spread of the malicious virus 'Conficker' spreading more than 1 million computers within an hour, there was a new variant that showed signs of danger. .

The new variant, called Conficker B ++, was discovered by researchers at SRI International Center three days ago. For "pagan" people, this new variant works like its "mother", Conficker B, but in fact, B ++ uses completely different techniques to download software, making it more flexible for hackers. attacks on infected computers.

The infected computer will become a place to distribute spam, detect keyboard characters or denial of service (DoS) attacks.

According to SRI International, the new virus variant is likely to "outrun" the Microsoft Conficker Cabal team to control the malicious virus.

According to a technology expert, one of the main reasons why Conficker spreads at breakneck speed is because network administrators tend to use easy-to-guess passwords.

Conficker exploits Windows vulnerabilities to attack computers on an intranet. The virus can also be spread through USB ports, such as cameras or storage hard drives. Conficker and the new variant infect about 10.5 million personal computers.