OpenDNS has added a feature to its Domain Name System (DNS) services to fight a widespread worm, with help from Russian security company Kaspersky Lab.
OpenDNS has its own network of DNS servers that translate domain names into IP (Internet Protocol) addresses so, for example, Web sites can be displayed in a browser. The company says its system is faster than using the DNS servers run by ISPs (Internet service providers) and provides better protection against phishing as well as other features such as Web content filtering.
OpenDNS is now using a list of Web sites supplied by Kaspersky Lab that the Conficker worm calls on to update itself. The worm, also known as Kido and Downandup, is believed to have infected up to 10 million PCs by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Server Service, despite Microsoft issuing an emergency patch last October.
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OpenDNS has its own network of DNS servers that translate domain names into IP (Internet Protocol) addresses so, for example, Web sites can be displayed in a browser. The company says its system is faster than using the DNS servers run by ISPs (Internet service providers) and provides better protection against phishing as well as other features such as Web content filtering.
OpenDNS is now using a list of Web sites supplied by Kaspersky Lab that the Conficker worm calls on to update itself. The worm, also known as Kido and Downandup, is believed to have infected up to 10 million PCs by exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft's Windows Server Service, despite Microsoft issuing an emergency patch last October.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/159165/article.html?tk=nl_dnxnws
