No doubt that you have heard of the Conficker virus by now, a.k.a. the ‘April Fools’ virus. The Conficker virus is technically a ‘worm’ which means it can spread without any user interaction. This particular worm spreads by exploiting a known vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows operating system – specifically the Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta operating systems. That’s pretty much all of them in use today!
You may not know that protecting yourself from this horrible worm is extremely easy to do. If you are not already infected, you need to stop what you are doing and visit the Windows Update website. Obtain all patches listed for your machine, specifically the patch described in article MS08-067. This patch will protect you from being infected by the Conficker virus. If you are all patched up, then you are protected. This method will not remove the virus if you are already infected, but it will protect you if you are not infected.
Without the proper tools, Conficker is tricky to detect. Symptoms can vary but include diminished internet connection speed, diminished system performance, rouge tasks in the task manager, and denial of access to network resources.
If you think that you are infected, you need to turn off your machine or at least unplug the network cable or disable the wireless network adapter (or unplug your machine from the modem, depending on your setup). This will stop the worm from spreading from your machine. Next, you need to contact us at NovaCPU. We have sucessfully removed this virus for our customers and can do the same for you!
Kyle Greenup | Vice President
NovaCPU
www.novacpu.com
Email: kyle@novacpu.com
Office: 615.822.5454 | Cell: 615.498.5789
111 Hazel Path | Hendersonville, TN | 37075
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