July 27, 2009, 3:37PM
Whatever Happened to the Conficker Worm?
Remember Conficker? The hugely talked-about computer worm seemed
poised to wreak havoc on the world's machines on April Fool's Day. And then ... nothing much happened.
poised to wreak havoc on the world's machines on April Fool's Day. And then ... nothing much happened.But while the doom and gloom forecast for the massive botnet -- a remotely controlled network that security experts say infected about 5 million computers -- never came to pass, Conficker is still making some worm hunters nervous. Read the full story [cnn.com]
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