Qualified Success Claimed Against Conficker Computer Worm

Cybersecurity experts combating the Conficker worm claimed qualified success but said millions of computers world-wide were still infected by the malicious software.In a report released Monday, a group of computer-security researchers said they managed to neutralize the worm’s impact by blocking its ability to communicate with its creator, who remains unknown. But despite years of efforts by security experts, the worm still infects an estimated five million to fifteen million computers, the report said.
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