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==Notorious Botnets==

==Notorious Botnets==

* Conficker (a.k.a. Downup, Downadup or Kido) was the cause of perhaps the largest botnet is history.  It was first detected in November of 2008, and targeted the RPC port (number 445) of the [[Windows XP]] operating system. There where five versions of this [[Computer worm|worm]] released, to deal with the efforts of Cabal.<ref>''Worm: The First Digital World War'' by Mark Bowden</ref><ref>https://www.sans.org/security-resources/malwarefaq/conficker-worm.php</ref>

* Conficker (a.k.a. Downup, Downadup or Kido) was the cause of perhaps the largest botnet is history.  It was first detected in November 2008, and targeted the RPC port (number 445) of the [[Windows XP]] operating system. There where five versions of this [[Computer worm|worm]] released, to deal with the efforts of Cabal.<ref>''Worm: The First Digital World War'' by Mark Bowden</ref><ref>https://www.sans.org/security-resources/malwarefaq/conficker-worm.php</ref>

==References==

==References==

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[[category:computers]]

[[Category:Computers]]

[[category:software]]

[[Category:Software]]

[[category:Malware]]

[[Category:Malware]]

==External Links==

==External links==

[http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org Conficker Working Group]

* [http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org Conficker Working Group]