Confiker disables system restore, blocks access to security websites, and downloads additional malware to infected machines. The worm uses a complicated algorithm which changes daily and is based on timestamps from public websites such as Google and Baidu. The worm’s algorithm generates huge numbers of domain names every day such as: qimkwaify .ws, mphtfrxs .net, gxjofpj .ws, imctaef .cc, and hcweu .org. This functionality makes it impossible and impractical to shut them all down; most of them in fact are never registered in the first place.
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UPDATE (03/31/09 8:00PM PST): At the time i am posting this update, it is already April 1st on more than half of the world and no major Confiker issues were reported. Apperantly, if you were up to date with all windows updates and if you had an active antivirus on your computer for the past 6 months (also kept up to date), then you should be fine.
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If you want to read Microsoft's page on Conficker go to: http://tinyurl.com/bzkwy2
