Conficker (English Wikipedia)

Chien, Eric (18 February 2009), Downadup: Locking Itself Out, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 3 April 2009
Chien, Eric (19 January 2009), Downadup: Peer-to-Peer Payload Distribution, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 1 April 2009
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Coogan, Peter (23 January 2009), Waledac – Guess which one is for you?, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 11 April 2009
W32.Downadup P2P Scanner Script for Nmap, Symantec, 22 April 2009, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 25 April 2009

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Clock ticking on worm attack code". BBC News. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
"Conficker virus hits Manchester Police computers". BBC News. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

broadcom.com

community.broadcom.com

Park, John (27 March 2009), W32.Downadup.C Pseudo-Random Domain Name Generation, Symantec, archived from the original on 16 March 2018, retrieved 1 April 2009
Nahorney, Ben (21 April 2009). "Connecting The Dots: Downadup/Conficker Variants". Symantec. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

ca.com

Win32/Conficker.C, CA, 11 March 2009, archived from the original on 29 March 2009, retrieved 29 March 2009

cira.ca

CIRA working with international partners to counter Conficker C, CIRA, 24 March 2009, archived from the original on 29 April 2009, retrieved 31 March 2009

cnn.com

edition.cnn.com

Neild, Barry (16 January 2009), Downadup Worm exposes millions of PCs to hijack, CNN, archived from the original on 21 January 2009, retrieved 18 January 2009

computerworld.com

Keizer, Gregg (9 April 2009), Conficker cashes in, installs spam bots and scareware, Computerworld, archived from the original on 17 April 2009, retrieved 10 April 2009

darkreading.com

Higgins, Kelly Jackson (14 January 2009), Storm Botnet Makes A Comeback, DarkReading, archived from the original on 4 February 2009, retrieved 11 April 2009

dhs.gov

DHS Releases Conficker/Downadup Computer Worm Detection Tool, Department of Homeland Security, 30 March 2009, archived from the original on 5 August 2012, retrieved 1 April 2009

digitalthreat.net

Maniscalchi, Jago (7 June 2009), Conficker.A DNS Rendezvous Analysis, Digital Threat, archived from the original on 16 August 2009, retrieved 26 June 2009

f-secure.com

Sullivan, Sean (16 January 2009). "Preemptive Blocklist and More Downadup Numbers". F-Secure. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.

gcn.com

Leffall, Jabulani (15 January 2009). "Conficker worm still wreaking havoc on Windows systems". Government Computer News. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

honeynet.org

Leder, Felix; Werner, Tillmann (7 April 2009), Know Your Enemy: Containing Conficker (PDF), HoneyNet Project, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2010, retrieved 13 April 2009

icann.org

Robertson, Andrew (12 February 2009), Microsoft Collaborates With Industry to Disrupt Conficker Worm, ICANN, archived from the original on 19 March 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009

microsoft.com

Protect yourself from the Conficker computer worm, Microsoft, 9 April 2009, archived from the original on 27 June 2009, retrieved 28 April 2009
Phillips, Joshua, Malware Protection Center – Entry: Worm:Win32/Conficker.A, Microsoft, archived from the original on 18 June 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical; Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644), Microsoft Corporation, archived from the original on 9 April 2010, retrieved 15 April 2009
Putnam, Aaron, Virus Encyclopedia: Worm:Win32/Conficker.E, Microsoft, archived from the original on 18 November 2016, retrieved 15 February 2015
Malware Protection Center – Entry: Worm:Win32/Conficker.D, Microsoft, archived from the original on 2 June 2009, retrieved 30 March 2009
"Virusencyclopedie: Worm:Win32/Conficker.B". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
Microsoft Collaborates With Industry to Disrupt Conficker Worm (Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Conficker arrest and conviction.), Microsoft, 12 February 2009, archived from the original on 15 February 2009, retrieved 22 September 2009
Malicious Software Removal Tool, Microsoft, 11 January 2005, archived from the original on 7 November 2012, retrieved 29 March 2009
Protect yourself from the Conficker computer worm, Microsoft, 27 March 2009, archived from the original on 3 April 2009, retrieved 30 March 2009

support.microsoft.com

"Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker worm". Microsoft.
"Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm". Microsoft. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
"How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows". Microsoft. 27 March 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2009.

download.microsoft.com

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Volume 11 (PDF), Microsoft, 2011, archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2011, retrieved 1 November 2011
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Volume 10 (PDF), Microsoft, 2010, archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2011, retrieved 1 November 2011

learn.microsoft.com

BetaFred (8 June 2023). "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

mitre.org

cve.mitre.org

"CVE – CVE-2008-4250". cve.mitre.org. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
Cve-2008-4250, Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, Department of Homeland Security, 4 June 2008, archived from the original on 13 January 2013, retrieved 29 March 2009

networkworld.com

Greene, Tim (31 July 2009), Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation, Network World, archived from the original on 27 January 2010, retrieved 28 December 2009

nic.cl

NIC Chile participa en esfuerzo mundial en contra del gusano Conficker (in Spanish), NIC Chile, 31 March 2009, archived from the original on 8 April 2009, retrieved 31 March 2009

nic.pa

NIC-Panama colabora en esfuerzo mundial en contra del Gusano Conficker. (in Spanish), NIC-Panama, 27 March 2009, archived from the original on 27 July 2011, retrieved 27 March 2009

nytimes.com

Markoff, John (26 August 2009). "Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
Markoff, John (22 January 2009). "Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
Bowden, Mark (29 June 2019). "The Worm That Nearly Ate the Internet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
Markoff, John (19 March 2009), "Computer Experts Unite to Hunt Worm", The New York Times, archived from the original on 4 December 2016, retrieved 29 March 2009

pc-professionell.de

Conficker-Wurm infiziert hunderte Bundeswehr-Rechner (in German), PC Professionell, 16 February 2009, archived from the original on 21 March 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009

skullsecurity.org

Bowes, Ron (21 April 2009), Scanning for Conficker's peer to peer, SkullSecurity, archived from the original on 24 April 2009, retrieved 25 April 2009
Bowes, Ronald (30 March 2009), Scanning for Conficker with Nmap, SkullSecurity, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 31 March 2009

sophos.com

"Passwords used by the Conficker worm". Sophos. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.

sri.com

mtc.sri.com

Phillip Porras; Hassen Saidi; Vinod Yegneswaran (19 March 2009), An Analysis of Conficker, SRI International, archived from the original on 14 February 2009, retrieved 29 March 2009
Porras, Phillip; Saidi, Hassen; Yegneswaran, Vinod (19 March 2009), An Analysis of Conficker C (draft), SRI International, archived from the original on 14 February 2009, retrieved 29 March 2009

switch.ch

D'Alessandro, Marco (30 March 2009), SWITCH taking action to protect against the Conficker computer worm, SWITCH, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009

symantec.com

Nahorney, Ben; Park, John (13 March 2009), "Propagation by AutoPlay" (PDF), The Downadup Codex, Symantec, p. 32, archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 1 April 2009
Nahorney, Ben; Park, John (13 March 2009), "Propagation by AutoPlay" (PDF), The Downadup Codex, Symantec, p. 2, archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 1 April 2009
Leung, Ka Chun; Kiernan, Sean (6 April 2009), W32.Downadup.C Technical Details, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 10 April 2009
Nahorney, Ben; Park, John (21 April 2009), "Connecting The Dots: Downadup/Conficker Variants" (PDF), The Downadup Codex (2.0 ed.), Symantec, p. 47, archived (PDF) from the original on 12 March 2014, retrieved 19 June 2009
Leung, Kachun; Liu, Yana; Kiernan, Sean (10 April 2009), W32.Downadup.E Technical Details, Symantec, archived from the original on 16 April 2009, retrieved 10 April 2009
O'Murchu, Liam (23 December 2008), W32.Waledac Technical Details, Symantec, archived from the original on 22 April 2009, retrieved 10 April 2009

forums2.symantec.com

Chien, Eric (18 February 2009), Downadup: Locking Itself Out, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 3 April 2009
Chien, Eric (19 January 2009), Downadup: Peer-to-Peer Payload Distribution, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 1 April 2009
W32.Downadup.C Bolsters P2P, Symantec, 20 March 2009, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 1 April 2009
Fitzgerald, Patrick (9 April 2009), W32.Downadup.E—Back to Basics, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 10 April 2009
Coogan, Peter (23 January 2009), Waledac – Guess which one is for you?, Symantec, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 11 April 2009
W32.Downadup P2P Scanner Script for Nmap, Symantec, 22 April 2009, archived from the original on 17 December 2012, retrieved 25 April 2009

technet.com

blogs.technet.com

Tiu, Vincent (27 March 2009), Microsoft Malware Protection Center: Information about Worm:Win32/Conficker.D, Microsoft, archived from the original on 31 March 2009, retrieved 30 March 2009

techworld.com

McMillan, Robert (15 April 2009), "Experts bicker over Conficker numbers", Techworld, IDG, archived from the original on 16 April 2009, retrieved 23 April 2009

telegraph.co.uk

Willsher, Kim (7 February 2009), "French fighter planes grounded by computer worm", The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009

tenablesecurity.com

blog.tenablesecurity.com

Asadoorian, Paul (1 April 2009), Updated Conficker Detection Plugin Released, Tenable Security, archived from the original on 26 September 2010, retrieved 2 April 2009

theatlantic.com

Bowden, Mark (June 2010), The Enemy Within, The Atlantic, archived from the original on 28 February 2012, retrieved 15 May 2010

theregister.co.uk

Leyden, John (19 January 2009), Three in 10 Windows PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit, The Register, archived from the original on 1 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Williams, Chris (20 January 2009), MoD networks still malware-plagued after two weeks, The Register, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Williams, Chris (20 January 2009), Conficker seizes city's hospital network, The Register, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Leyden, John (1 July 2009). "Conficker left Manchester unable to issue traffic tickets". The Register. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Leyden, John (27 March 2009), Leaked memo says Conficker pwns Parliament, The Register, archived from the original on 17 December 2021, retrieved 29 March 2009

tmcnet.com

ipcommunications.tmcnet.com

Grigonis, Richard (13 February 2009), Microsoft's US$5 million Reward for the Conficker Worm Creators, IP Communications, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009

trendmicro.com

blog.trendmicro.com

Macalintal, Ivan; Cepe, Joseph; Ferguson, Paul (7 April 2009), DOWNAD/Conficker Watch: New Variant in The Mix?, Trend Micro, archived from the original on 31 January 2010, retrieved 7 April 2009

uni-bonn.de

iv.cs.uni-bonn.de

Leder, Felix; Werner, Tillmann (2 April 2009), Containing Conficker, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bonn, archived from the original on 3 April 2009, retrieved 3 April 2009

upi.com

Virus strikes 15 million PCs, UPI, 26 January 2009, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009

us-cert.gov

Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-020A: Microsoft Windows Does Not Disable AutoRun Properly, US-CERT, 29 January 2009, archived from the original on 24 February 2009, retrieved 16 February 2009

viruslist.com

Gostev, Aleks (9 April 2009), The neverending story, Kaspersky Lab, archived from the original on 5 February 2010, retrieved 13 April 2009

washingtonpost.com

voices.washingtonpost.com

Krebs, Brian (10 April 2009), "Conficker Worm Awakens, Downloads Rogue Anti-virus Software", The Washington Post, archived from the original on 15 May 2011, retrieved 25 April 2009

web.archive.org

Protect yourself from the Conficker computer worm, Microsoft, 9 April 2009, archived from the original on 27 June 2009, retrieved 28 April 2009
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Bowden, Mark (June 2010), The Enemy Within, The Atlantic, archived from the original on 28 February 2012, retrieved 15 May 2010
Markoff, John (22 January 2009). "Worm Infects Millions of Computers Worldwide". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
McMillan, Robert (15 April 2009), "Experts bicker over Conficker numbers", Techworld, IDG, archived from the original on 16 April 2009, retrieved 23 April 2009
"Clock ticking on worm attack code". BBC News. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
Sullivan, Sean (16 January 2009). "Preemptive Blocklist and More Downadup Numbers". F-Secure. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
Neild, Barry (16 January 2009), Downadup Worm exposes millions of PCs to hijack, CNN, archived from the original on 21 January 2009, retrieved 18 January 2009
Virus strikes 15 million PCs, UPI, 26 January 2009, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 25 March 2009
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Volume 11 (PDF), Microsoft, 2011, archived (PDF) from the original on 18 October 2011, retrieved 1 November 2011
Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Volume 10 (PDF), Microsoft, 2010, archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2011, retrieved 1 November 2011
Opening up a can of worms: Why won't Conficker just die, die, die?, ZDNet, 10 June 2015, archived from the original on 18 January 2017, retrieved 17 January 2017
Bowden, Mark (29 June 2019). "The Worm That Nearly Ate the Internet". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
Grigonis, Richard (13 February 2009), Microsoft's US$5 million Reward for the Conficker Worm Creators, IP Communications, archived from the original on 16 February 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009
Phillips, Joshua, Malware Protection Center – Entry: Worm:Win32/Conficker.A, Microsoft, archived from the original on 18 June 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009
Leffall, Jabulani (15 January 2009). "Conficker worm still wreaking havoc on Windows systems". Government Computer News. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical; Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644), Microsoft Corporation, archived from the original on 9 April 2010, retrieved 15 April 2009
Leyden, John (19 January 2009), Three in 10 Windows PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit, The Register, archived from the original on 1 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Nahorney, Ben; Park, John (13 March 2009), "Propagation by AutoPlay" (PDF), The Downadup Codex, Symantec, p. 32, archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015, retrieved 1 April 2009
Willsher, Kim (7 February 2009), "French fighter planes grounded by computer worm", The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009
Williams, Chris (20 January 2009), MoD networks still malware-plagued after two weeks, The Register, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Williams, Chris (20 January 2009), Conficker seizes city's hospital network, The Register, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 20 January 2009
Conficker-Wurm infiziert hunderte Bundeswehr-Rechner (in German), PC Professionell, 16 February 2009, archived from the original on 21 March 2009, retrieved 1 April 2009
Leyden, John (1 July 2009). "Conficker left Manchester unable to issue traffic tickets". The Register. Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
Leyden, John (27 March 2009), Leaked memo says Conficker pwns Parliament, The Register, archived from the original on 17 December 2021, retrieved 29 March 2009
"Conficker virus hits Manchester Police computers". BBC News. 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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Phillip Porras; Hassen Saidi; Vinod Yegneswaran (19 March 2009), An Analysis of Conficker, SRI International, archived from the original on 14 February 2009, retrieved 29 March 2009
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Macalintal, Ivan; Cepe, Joseph; Ferguson, Paul (7 April 2009), DOWNAD/Conficker Watch: New Variant in The Mix?, Trend Micro, archived from the original on 31 January 2010, retrieved 7 April 2009
Park, John (27 March 2009), W32.Downadup.C Pseudo-Random Domain Name Generation, Symantec, archived from the original on 16 March 2018, retrieved 1 April 2009
Nahorney, Ben (21 April 2009). "Connecting The Dots: Downadup/Conficker Variants". Symantec. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
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"Passwords used by the Conficker worm". Sophos. Archived from the original on 21 January 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
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Bowes, Ronald (30 March 2009), Scanning for Conficker with Nmap, SkullSecurity, archived from the original on 2 April 2009, retrieved 31 March 2009
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webhosting.pl

Bartosiewicz, Andrzej (31 March 2009), Jak działa Conficker? (in Polish), Webhosting.pl, archived from the original on 25 July 2011, retrieved 31 March 2009

zdnet.com

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