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Conficker Worm Scanning Utility, eEye Digital Security
Confickertest, Mcafee

No longer lead to valid pages. 77.162.244.179 (talk) 21:27, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Numerous aliases

Why are strains of malware given so many different aliases by different anti-malware companies? Wouldn't it make more sense for them to all agree on one common name and name all variants on a common naming system as well? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.147.5.140 (talk) 19:07, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Citation needed for “Despite its wide propagation, the worm did not do much damage, perhaps because its authors – believed to have been Ukrainian citizens – did not dare use it because of the attention it drew.” Bradbradenson (talk) 21:21, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 16:11, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]