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March 24, 2009

Win32/Conficker.B - The April Fool’s Day Worm

Filed under: threats, virus, worms — Tags: , , — Keith @ 12:42 pm

The recent worm labeled Conficker.B is scheduled to go live on April 1st. It is not known yet what exactly will transpire on April 1st; however, there are a few things that may tip you off that you have been infected.

-Your account may be locked out due to policies being tripped

-Windows Automatic Updates, Background Intelligent Services (BITS), Windows Defender and Error Reporting Services are disabled

-Domain controller response issues. Client requests may be slow.

-Excessive amount of network traffic.

-Certain security-related web sites could be blocked.

To prevent this worm from infecting your system, one should download and install the latest Microsoft patches.

Removal

Any up to date anti-virus software should rid this worm from your PC. If you have already been infected, a manual removal is available; however, it is a very cumbersome process. If you are unable to remove this worm, please, visit our home page at http://www.onlinecomputerhelpers.com and speak with us live.

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