Date:         Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:48:25 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Moderator -- Conficker worm warning
Comments: cc: Bent Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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We don't normally do this, but I'm making an exception for this
one.  No further list chatter about it, please.

The Conficker worm has apparently infected quite a number of systems
recently, and it will become active and do nasty things on 1
April.  This would be a good time to read and heed US-CERT bulletin
TA09-088A, released yesterday and available at
<http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html>.  It begins thus:

                     National Cyber Alert System
               Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-088A

Conficker Worm Targets Microsoft Windows Systems

    Original release date: March 29, 2009
    Last revised: March 30, 2009
    Source: US-CERT

Overview

    US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating a widespread
    infection of the Conficker/Downadup worm, which can infect a
    Microsoft Windows system from a thumb drive, a network share, or
    directly across a corporate network, if the network servers are not
    patched with the MS08-067 patch from Microsoft.


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David Beierl -- dbeierl@attglobal.net