Tomorrow April 1st 2009, April Fools Day security specialist everywhere are on the look out for the Conflicker worm to spread. I have detailed before how it spreads and you can read that here “Conflicker, Downup, Downadup, Kido” and the fact that Microsoft has gone an offered $250,000 reward.
So lets start checking if your infected yet:
Can you get to the following websites:
If you can NOT reach the following websites, you may be infected.
Can you run windows update and connect to windows update website?
If you can’t, and you can not reach the above websites you’re probably infected. There are many ways and different products to get rid of it. I’m not going to tell you what to use. I’ll tell you the same thing I’d tell a client. You should reformat and reinstall. That is the only 100% way of getting rid of it. Never Trust a system with any personal or business data that has been infected or compromised by someone or something else.
So now lets say you’re not infected yet… what do you do? Well first thing is to update your computer. Make sure you have all the updates from Microsoft. Do not use some free tool, or some other website to download the updates. So far the worm spreads by exploiting security vulnerabilities that there are patches for, and you should already be running.
NOTE If your infected with Conflicker:
If you are infected Microsoft has put together a page themselves that explains what versions are out and what you can do to remove it. I still say you should reformat and reinstall.
Edited after being caught using bad grammer and use of your and you’re by the grammer police!
