Detecting Conficker in your Network

2009/02/11
Description of a method to detect earlystate Conficker worm infections through blocklists fitting the needs of small and medium enterprises.

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Publication Date

2009/02/11

Author

Adi Kriegisch

Language

English

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Content

Conficker is a computer worm spreading on Windows operating system by mainly using a buffer overflow or the Windows Autorun feature. The worm itself does not contain malware functions but contains a routine to load such code after infection. The purpose of this article is to sketch a way to detect such a worm in a small to medium business network as early as possible so that the effects of the worm can be minimized.