following the
Blaster worm footstep that caused a huge havoc on 2003, now comes the
Conficker worm. discovered since october 2008. once executed or triggered,
Conficker disables certain system services: windows update, windows security, windows defender, windows error reporting, antivirus n anti-malware software, etc.
the latest news is "on the 1st of April, all infected computers will be controlled by a master machine located somewhere across the web". would it be denial of service? stealing of personal data? wiping out the hard drives? or malware pop-ups?
anything is possible at this point.
it is advised that genuine windows are patched, n make sure the antivirus n anti-malware software is actually running, since
Conficker may have disabled it. better safe than sorry!