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It looks like another variant of the Cornflicker worm may be striking soon, and unfortunately, this isn't an early April Fools joke either. In fact, the following security advisory came directly from Symantec, so read on to find out more about Cornflicker and how to prevent the predicted April 1 attack.

The Conficker worm, sometimes called Downadup or Kido has managed to infect a large number of computers. Specifics are hard to come by, but some researchers estimate that millions of computers have been infected with this threat since January.

Today the worm has created an infrastructure that the creators of the worm can use to remotely install software on infected machines. The worm will most likely create a botnet that will be rented out to criminals who want to send spam, steal identities and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.

Today the worm has created an infrastructure that the creators of the worm can use to remotely install software on infected machines. The worm will most likely create a botnet that will be rented out to criminals who want to send spam, steal identities and direct users to online scams and phishing sites.

As always, Symantec advises home users to make sure their security software is up to date with the latest antivirus signatures and to enable their systems’ automatic security updates.

Symantec also recommends that enterprises continue to deploy all critical security patches, ensure their security software is up to date, clean any systems that are infected with any version of Downadup using the available removal tools and guidance provided, and evaluate additional security best practices in accordance with their organizations’ policies and procedures.

For more information visit Symantec Security Response Blog at: http://tinyurl.com/d2w5es