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'''Conficker''' ''(a.k.a. Downup, Downadup or Kido)'' is a notorious [[computer worm]] which was first detected in November of 2008.  It targeted port 445 of the [[Windows XP]] [[operating system]], trying to pull [[computer]]s into its [[botnet]].  Although efforts have been made to stop it, this worm is still on the loose among older vulnerable systems.<ref>''Worm: The First Digital World War'' by Mark Bowden</ref><ref>https://www.sans.org/security-resources/malwarefaq/conficker-worm.php</ref> Perhaps the greatest threat to it is obsolescence, since it cannot infect the newer patched [[Windows]] systems, [[Linux]] systems, or the [[Mac OS]].

'''Conficker''' ''(a.k.a. Downup, Downadup or Kido)'' is a notorious [[computer worm]] which was first detected in November 2008.  It targeted port 445 of the [[Windows XP]] [[operating system]], trying to pull [[computer]]s into its [[botnet]].  Although efforts have been made to stop it, this worm is still on the loose among older vulnerable systems.<ref>''Worm: The First Digital World War'' by Mark Bowden</ref><ref>https://www.sans.org/security-resources/malwarefaq/conficker-worm.php</ref> Perhaps the greatest threat to it is obsolescence, since it cannot infect the newer patched [[Windows]] systems, [[Linux]] systems, or the [[Mac OS]].

==Notes==

==Notes==

* In November of 2015 (seven years later), the news broke that Conficker was found pre-installed on [[police]] [[body cameras]] provided by [[Martel Electronics]]<ref>http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/police-body-cams-found-pre-installed-with-notorious-conficker-worm</ref>

* In November 2015 (seven years later), the news broke that Conficker was found pre-installed on [[police]] [[body cameras]] provided by [[Martel Electronics]]<ref>http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/police-body-cams-found-pre-installed-with-notorious-conficker-worm</ref>

==References==

==References==

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