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Infected by Win32/Conficker Worm

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Infected by Win32/Conficker Worm

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
11/01/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/19/2009
Modified
10/20/2021

Description

Evidence of infection with the Win32/Conficker family of worm has been found on the system. This backdoor, also known as W32.Downadup, spreads by exploiting the MS08-067 vulnerability in the Windows Server service (SVCHOST.EXE).

Solution(s)

  • fix-backdoor-conficker

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