Akamai: Conficker has not disappeared from the web

Akamai: Conficker has not disappeared from the web

Akamai Technologies has stated that the Conficker malware still exists on the web through its variants.

It still accounts for most of the attacks on the internet.

The company said: “Although mainstream and industry media coverage of the Conficker worm and its variants has dropped significantly since peaking in the second quarter, it is clear from this data that the worm (and its variants) is apparently still quite active, searching out new systems to infect.”

It was revealed in the company’s State of the Internet report for the third quarter of 2009.

Akamai added: “Port 445 was overwhelmingly the top port targeted by attacks originating in Russia and Brazil, which may indicate the presence of a large number of systems in both countries actively participating in Conficker-related botnets.”