It looks like Conficker is stirring to life (after doing absolutely nothing on April 1) and Ryan says it s linked to scareware programs that pop up warning windows telling users that their computer is infected and that they need to drop some cash on a (fraudulent) anti-virus program to wipe it out. Ryan Naraine on KGO AM 810 Newstalk Radio April 10, 2009 Ed and Jen from San Francisco’s KGO talk radio talk again.
Source: https://threatpost.com/conficker-virus-and-scareware-link-041009/72812/