I do not know the answer to this, but based on what I've read about the infection vector, as long as you don't run as admin I suspect you'll be ok. At least on Vista and above.
-----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: April 1st Conflicker Version C to erupt MS and the Anti-Virus vendors have really have let us down on this one. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 11:37 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: April 1st Conflicker Version C to erupt > Importance: High > > Folks, > > Seeing quite a bit of activity with Conflicker, and on April 1st > according to the following site. Its going to erupt with a lot of > malicious activity ( port 80 outbound, P2p, mass infection, so > definitely get your systems patched, and AV, Signatures, HIPS updated) > Just dealt with a bout of this worm today. > > http://mtc.sri.com/Conficker/addendumC/ > > Sincerely, > Z > > Edward Ziots > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > MCSE,MCSA,MCP+I, ME, CCA, Security +, Network + > [email protected] > Phone:401-639-3505 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
