Conficker Keeps Growing And Growing

It might not be in the news any more, but the Conficker virus won't go away, in fact it's growing and growing.

It might not be in the news any more, but the Conficker virus won’t go away, in fact it’s growing and growing.

Remember Conficker? Just a few short weeks ago it was the virus du jour, infecting thousands of computers. Then it dropped from the headlines – but it didn’t go away.

In fact, it’s estimated to still be infecting around 50,000 computers a day, according to Symantec researchers. Most of the infections are in the United States, Brazil and India, along with China, Mexico and Italy.

The researchers wrote:

"Well much of the media hype seems to have died down around Conficker/Downadup, but it is still out there spreading far and wide."

"In fact the Symantec threat intelligence team estimate there are 50,000 newly infected PCs a day right now."

Conficker first appeared in January, then hit the spotlight when it appeared a variant of the virus was set to dial a control server on April 1. Nothing happened then, and interest waned. But it won’t go away entirely.