Large number of Windows PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit

A staggering three in 10 systems remained unpatched against the infamous Conficker worm, says security tools firm Qualys. The Conficker worm exploits a vulnerability that was fixed in an out-of-order patch rushed out by Microsoft in October last year. While Conficker's primary method of propagating is through the corporate network, the worm is also capable of spreading by copying itself to USB flash drive, or over network shares--as was mentioned in our article last week about a spike in the number of infections. 

Qualys' chief technology officer thinks that the "slow-vulnerability patching cycles" of enterprise users are contributing to the spread of the worm. So there you are: Enterprise system administrators, do make sure you are properly patched against this worm.

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