Worms attack Online CAT-2009 servers
Virus is again in news for the damages it cause due to its unrestrained spread. This time it is not only the biological virus H1N1, but also the computer virus. The two virus namely Conflicer and W32 Nimda infected the servers which was being used for conducting CAT exam, entrance test for IIMs. Basically these are worms which mostly come either from USb drives or the internet. Needless to mention that they affect MS Windows operating system. If you search about these worms in Wikipedia you will find that Conficker exploits the flaw in Windows to take over machines and link them into a virtual computer that can be commanded remotely by some other person or program. You will be amazed to hear that there are nearly seven million computers now under its control—government, business and home computers in more than 200 countries.
Even W32 Nimda is known for its highly propagative nature. The most astonishing part is that Windows has already released patches against these worm but Prometric, the US based firm responsible for all the technical aspects of the online test, perhaps did not take it into their consideration.
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