This host seems to be contaminated with infectious Conficker Worm.

Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system and capable of stealing all kind of sensitive information and can even spread accross the Network. Impact Level: System/Network.

Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-067.mspx and Use Conficker Removal Tools, or Known Security Products to remove conficker worm.

Conficker is a worm that spreads on Windows Platforms. This malware could spread Windows file shares protected with weak passwords or to which a logged on domain administrator has access, by copying itself to removable storage devices and by exploiting the MS08-067 Windows Server service vulnerability. This malware generates infections files to set up to run as a service and also using a random name when Windows starts under system32, and tries to modify permissions on the service registry entries so that they are not visible to the user. Such registry entries are under, 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SvcHost' and 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RANDOM_SERVICE_NAME' The plugin determines Conficker variants B or C. It likeley works against systems that allow anonymous login, otherwise Credentials can be supplied.

Microsoft Windows 2K Service Pack 4 and prior. Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior. Microsoft Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 and prior.

• http://iv.cs.uni-bonn.de/wg/cs/applications/containing-conficker/
• http://www.anti-spyware-101.com/remove-conficker
• http://www.dshield.org/diary.html?storyid=5860
• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-067.mspx

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Updated on 2015-03-25