{"id":6299,"date":"2009-04-25T09:10:48","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T09:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/04\/uh-oh-its-back.html"},"modified":"2009-04-25T09:10:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T09:10:48","slug":"uh-oh-its-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/04\/uh-oh-its-back.html","title":{"rendered":"Uh-Oh! It&#8217;s back&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,517817,00.html\">Conficker virus wasn&#8217;t as big a dud as originally thought. It&#8217;s slowly being activated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nConficker installs a second virus, known as Waledac, that sends out e-mail spam without knowledge of the PC&#8217;s owner, along with a fake anti-spyware program, Weafer said.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe Waledac virus recruits the PCs into a second botnet that has existed for several years and specializes in distributing e-mail spam.<br \/>\nConficker also carries a third virus that warns users their PCs are infected and offers them a fake anti-virus program, Spyware Protect 2009 for $49.95, according to Russian-based security researcher Kaspersky Lab.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s actually pretty helpful, it lets you know that you have a problem. 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