Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Worried about Conficker on April 1? Use OpenDNS!

By now you’ve heard the speculation that April Fools Day is the date Conficker kicks into action.  Unfortunately this isn’t a joke.  The virus, also known as Downadup, leverages a known vulnerability in the Windows OS and has the potential to do some serious damage.  Some estimates for number of machines infected so far are as high as 15 million.

OpenDNS has kept their users safe from Conficker for the past several months by blocking the domains it uses to phone home.

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Read more at http://blog.opendns.com/2009/03/30/worried-about-conficker-on-april-1-setting-up-opendns-can-protect-your-network/

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