Prepared for Conficker?
Most of you already know about Conficker, as this isn’t the only time it was a big deal. It is a major worm that has been known for a long time. Why make an article now? Conficker is set to become active on April 1st. The worm has already infected 30% of computers in the world running Windows, including Windows 7.
The worm has many ways of being deleted if you have the appropriate tools. If you have a good anti-virus program, you don’t have to worry (I use Kaspersky Security Suite). There are many removal tools out there that you can use if you don’t have an anti-virus (like I said, most of them detect it with a simple scan).
The virus will activate on April 1st (Not an April Fools joke). What makes this a huge deal is that it has infected major companies’ computers as well. Here’s a list of free Conficker removal tools you can use:
Don’t know if you already have it? Well, figuring that out is VERY simple. All you have to do is visit a site such as Microsoft or a major anti-virus site. If you cannot access these sites, there’s a good chance that you’ve been infected by Conficker because it blocks access to those specific sites. Other ways of checking include checking to see if your system restore points have reset or if some of your services have been involuntarily disabled (like Windows Update). Microsoft released a patch for the worm called “MS08-067″ on October 13, 2008.
For a fully detailed description of Conficker, please check out this site. You can also discuss about the Conficker worm in our forums. Remember, even if you remove it, your computer can still be infected later on. Hope this helps you out.
~Kryticate
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Do Windows 7 build 7068 x64 need the patch also?
Thanks for the notice… I will spread the word.
Since it’s called “Win32 Worm: Conficker” I would think it wouldn’t target x64 OSes.. I could be wrong though… Also, I’m not worried at all. I’m on my OS X partition, and when on my Win7 partition nothing can get past my Kaspersky Anti-Virus. ^.^
Have you not heard of WOW64????
Windows on Windows 64 means anything made for Windows32 will work seamlessly with Windows 64–including viruses
That was my initial thought that the 32 bit virus would still work because 64 bit Windows is capable of emulating 32 bit environments. That said, I’ve done all I can to secure my computer and have no conficker symptoms. I do wonder if there is a Windows 7 patch. I thought the vulnerability patch was already applied to Windows 7 but people are telling me it affects Windows 7.
It seems that the worm hasn’t done anything yet. Hope I didn’t speak too soon.
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Actually NMAP have a feature to detect conficker infected PC
Untuk membersihkan conficker itu gampang hanya dengan menggunakan Microsoft Easy Scurity yaitu (antivirus punya-nya microsoft) dengan update terbaru tentunya, jika di dalam komputer terinfeksi conficker, maka ia akan langsung memberi peringatan bahwa konficker sedang aktif. Dan menyuruh untuk segera membersihkan komputer. Dengan melakukan scan-ning MES akan menghapus virus tersebut bersih… Saya menggunakan Windows 7 Ultimate Editian scor 2,7 pas2an sih hehe selamat mencoba semoga berhasil…