Conficker

As 1st April 2009, the bad program called Kido a.k.a Conficker a.k.a latest version of Downadup has spread. This worm is very complex.

Antivirus company Kaspersky said it. "Kido download updates to itself from some web site address that's constantly changing. Kido use as the local network to obtain updates. Encryption excellent add complexity Kido. Kido even have a mechanism to turn off security features," a description of Kaspersky.

Currently Kido aka Conficker has spread to about 5 - 6 million computers. Kido even distribution of long slit through MS08-067 that, according to the description of Kaspersky, is still quite a lot of users who have not update this rift.

Update Kido made in March and began actively Kido new system on 1 April 2009 is considered more difficult. What do Kido, with command over 50,000 domain random per day, the criminals make the action difficult to predict.

In fact, the computer network of the victim Kido aka Downadup this can be used to perform the attack Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). In addition, the botnet can be used to perform action data theft and spam to spread.

Kaspersky Lab claim newest product can be used to prevent all types of variants Kido existing at this time.