| Downadup: Attempts at Smart Network Scanning |
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| Saturday, 24 January 2009 07:20 | |||
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The ability of a threat to widely replicate often depends on its algorithm of finding other computers on the Internet, which are represented by an IP address. Downadup uses a variety of techniques to scan for new machines in order to maximize its infection abilities and at the same time minimize the chance of being noticed on a host. Source : https://forums.symantec.com/t5/Malicious-Code/Downadup-Attempts-at-Smart-Network-Scanning/ba-p/382114
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