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Conficker?

Posted in Antivirus, Computers by Administrator on the March 31st, 2009

Is this a real virus? How can I protect my computer? How do I know if my computer is infected?

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  1. Julio said,

    on March 31st, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    The Conficker worm is a computer worm that can infect your computer and spread itself to other computers across a network automatically, without human interaction.

    Am I at risk of having the Conficker worm?

    Most antivirus software could detect and block the Conficker worm, so if you have updated antivirus software on your computer, you are at a much lower risk of being infected by the Conficker worm.

    If you or your network administrator have not installed the latest security updates from Microsoft and your antivirus provider, and if you have file-sharing turned on, the Conficker worm could allow remote code execution. Remote code execution allows an attacker to take control of your computer and use it for malicious purposes.

    What does the Conficker worm do?
    To date, security researchers have discovered two variants of the worm in the wild.

    • Win32/Conficker.A was reported to Microsoft on November 21, 2008.

    • Win32/Conficker.B was reported to Microsoft on December 29, 2008.

    • Win32/Conficker.C was reported to Microsoft on February 20, 2009.

    • Win32/Conficker.D was reported to Microsoft on March 4, 2009.

    Win32/Conficker.B might spread through file sharing and via removable drives, such as USB drives (also known as thumb drives). The worm adds a file to the removable drive so that when the drive is used, the AutoPlay dialog will show one additional option.

    The Conficker worm can also disable important services on your computer.

    Source:

    http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

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