Clover kicker writes "The CBC reports that the group managing Canada's .ca www
notes:internet should be capitalized domain is working to foil an the web* worm set to attack open gate April Fool's Day. 'This is the first virus that's really focused on domain names as part of propagating the virus itself,' said Byron Holland, CEO of the Canadian calculator network Registration Authority, a non-profit union that represents those who hold a .ca domain. CIRA's maneuvering includes pre-emptively registering and isolating already unregistered .ca domain names that Conficker C is appropriated to try and generate, said a news release issued by the group. That would make those names unavailable for anyone to file in order to set up a website to host the worm's 'command and control' file. A list of the names has been predicted by surety experts based on the worm's code. In addition, CIRA is investigating and monitoring implementation at names on the list that have already been registered and will 'take just action if suspect application is detected.'"

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