Norman warns about a new dangerous Internet worm attack
Norway Oslo: 8 January 2009
Norman warns about new highly malicious code being spread through vulnerabilities in Windows, affecting most of Microsoft’s operating systems.
The W32/Conficker is part of a network-propagating family of worms operating in several variants. The worm spreads to other machines via a security vulnerability in Windows Server Service. This vulnerability allows the worm to download itself to other computers without the user's knowledge.
To avoid infection make sure you have installed all the latest security patches from Microsoft and that your security software is updated and running.
This worm was first detected by Norman’s antivirus products November 27th 2008. Later variants of the worm are continuously added.
Read more about the vulnerability and the malware
For further information, please contact:
- Audun Lødemel, Marketing Director, Norman ASA, M: +47 934 465 31