Protecting Against the Rampant Conficker Worm
April 23rd, 2009Protecting Against the Rampant Conficker Worm
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Symptoms of the Conficker virus.
April 20th, 2009- “Spyware Protect 2009″ pop ups.
- Internet Explorer redirects to page displaing false virus attack message.
- Can’t visit any known antivirus sites. (e.g. Norton, anyways I didn’t find Norton’s conficker removal tool much effective)
- USB Flash drive not detecting.
- Automatic Updates, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Windows Defender, and Error Reporting Services are disabled.
- The network is congested.
Remove Conficker in 7 Steps.
April 18th, 2009Do you get Spyware Protect 2009 popup, which looks something like this?
Then the bad news is that you have been infected with CONFICKER VIRUS.
Please don’t panic as HowToRemoveConficker.com is here to rescue your computer.
Follow these simple steps to remove conficker.
1. Unplug the internet cable from the infected PC.
2. Right Click on TASK BAR (Bar which holds your START BUTTON) and select Task Manager.
What is Conficker?
April 13th, 2009Conficker (It’s short for CONFIGURATION F@#%ER!), also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm that surfaced in October 2008 and targets the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm exploits a previously patched vulnerability in the Windows Server service used by Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 Beta, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta. The worm has been unusually difficult for network operators and law enforcement to counter because of its combined use of advanced malware techniques.
Although the origin of the name “conficker” is not known with certainty, Internet specialists and others have speculated that it is a German portmanteau fusing the term “configure” with “ficken”, the German word for “fuck.” Microsoft analyst Joshua Phillips describes “conficker” as a rearrangement of portions of the domain name “trafficconverter.biz”