Microsoft Offers $250K Reward to Catch Worm Conficker Author

Do you know the conflicker worm creator? If so, you could earn $250k if you turn them over to Microsoft.

According to an article at Inside tech and I quote
http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/3997-microsoft-offers-250k-reward-to-catch-worm-authors

"The Conficker worm multiplied like wildfire, and spreads through a hole found in Microsoft Windows systems, though the vulnerability was patched in October. It also is able to disable anti-malware protection and will block an infected PC from visiting anti-malware vendors Web sites to receive updates.
Security experts are even more worried about the possibility the worm calls home every 24 hours to at least 250 servers each day for instructions or directed actions."

Hosuton's police department apparently was infected and forced to stop arresting people with traffic warrants because the worm spread its way through the police and city court's computer systems.

Now that is bad news folks. Click on the link above for more information on the conflicker worm.

Computer Gal