Identity thieves worm launched on April Fools -
Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
So far this year, it is estimated that somewhere between 3 and 12 million computers have been compromised by the worm "Conficker" also known as "Downup", "Downadup" and "Kido," may be regarded as the world's largest botnet known.
Microsoft and others are in a battle with 24/7/365 Conficker manufacturers to see who ends up on arrival 
first line.
None of the PCs infected with Conficker are displaying a characteristic usually exposed by the recent spate of viruses, providing remote control and component often used to host fraudulent Web sites and other related activities the malicious fraud. At least not yet.
If Conficker reached its full potential, it will result in data breaches, fraud, credit card and many forms of identity theft.
It was widely believed that Conficker is waiting for its next round of updates on April 1, to release the endgame its authors had in mind.
sense among security professionals is that Conficker will trigger uncontrollable fury not seen or experienced by the security community.
Conficker duplicates like the old PC virus and infects that are unpatched and outdated. The virus scans the Internet, searching and infecting unpatched computers. Conficker was built with encryption pirated from an MIT researcher and has the ability to bypass anti-virus programs.
This level of technology has the ability to slip into external hard drives, USB keys and any memory on the peripheral base. When the same device is connected to another PC, this PC is infected.
Many computers in Asia rogue versions of Windows, and are in large part due unpatched Microsoft does not allow updates.
Update your Microsoft Windows ASAP. Make sure you have up an Internet security software update, such as McAfee. Stay away from malicious websites and pay attention to what 
you click.
As mentioned in a previous post, Microsoft offered an overall premium for the arrest and prosecution of the person who created and released the Conficker virus.
even with the security community by vigorously trying to defend PCs worldwide, in early March, Conficker infected millions of PCs have been updated in a peer network, which makes it even more dangerous botnet giving each infected PC authority over other peers commander. This means that each PC has the ability to perform all the other PCs on the botnet.
The anticipation among the researchers who conducted the 1st April is very similar to that which was felt before 
midnight December 31, 1999. The "bug" Y2K was considered a click time bomb for all major IT applications.
Much has been done to prevent Conficker disaster, but nobody knows for sure what will happen. April 1 is a day of silliness, but this year, it can also be a major breakthrough for hackers, good or bad, to see who is top dog.
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Robert Siciliano is CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com, an expert on identity theft, professional speaker, security analyst, published author and television news correspondent. Siciliano works with Fortune 1000 and start-up companies as a consultant on product launches, branding, messaging, representation, SEO and media. the thoughts and advice of Siciliano on all these issues often appear in both television and print media news, including CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, Forbes and USA Today. He has 25 years of safety training as a member of the American Society for Industrial Security. He is the author of two books, including The Safety Minute: Living on high alert; How to take control of your personal safety and to prevent fraud . He also established a partnership with Uni-Ball to help raise awareness of the growing threat of identity theft and provide tips on how you can protect yourself.
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