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The Conficker Worm: April Fools Joke or Unthinkable Disaster?

The Conficker worm is scheduled to activate on April 1. It is spread by exploiting weaknesses in Microsofts Windows operating system. An estimated 12 million or more machines have been infected. Speculation about its purpose ranges from the benign an April Fool’s Day prank to far darker notions. The most intriguing clue about the purpose of Conficker lies in the intricate design of the peer-to-peer logic of the latest version of the program, which security researchers are still trying to completely decode.”]

Source: https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/the-conficker-worm-april-fools-joke-or-unthinkable-disaster/

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