New Conficker begins infiltrating machines

From TG Daily -

There is a new and more potent of Conficker, the trojan that embeds itself within the Windows operating system and provides spammers, cyber criminal and hackers with back door which allows them to access an individual’s machine. The new version, Conficker B++, is much improved, and is capable of circumventing many of the security measures designed to combat its older version. It is also more difficult to determine where it originated from and what needs to be done to keep it from spreading as it no longer needs to reconnect to a remote server to download additional malicious code to a computer which has been compromised.

The older version has infected an estimated 15 million computers to date. Earlier this month, Microsoft offered a $250,000 reward to anyone who could give information leading to both the capture and conviction of the creator of Conficker. The company has also issued multiple patches and removal tools to aid in fighting its spread. But now, that may not be enough