10 ways to remove Conficker virus from your computer
What is Conficker?
Conficker is supposed to be the biggest worm attack of this time,which hits around 350 million PCs and is one of the hottest topic.Confick is also known as Conficker, Downup, Downadup and Kido.The main target of this virus is again Microsoft Windows operating system (If you are an linux user then you need not to worry).It is noticed around October 2008 and targets the exploits in previously patched vulnerability in the Windows Server service of Microsoft.
Targeted Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP,Windows Server 2003,Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 Beta, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Beta.
Here are the 10 methods to remove the Confiker / Conflicker virus:
- Department of Homeland Security -DHS Releases Conficker/Downadup Computer Worm Detection Tool
- Bitdefender – Win32.Worm.Downadup.Gen
- Enigma Software – Information about Conficker Removal Tool
- ESET Securities – “Eset – Win32/Conficker.AA”
- F-Secure – “Worm:W32/Downadup.AL”
- Symantec – “W32.Downadup Removal – Removing Help”.
- Sophos – “Conficker Clean-up Tool – Free Conficker detection and removal”
- Kaspersky Lab – “How to fight network worm Net-Worm.Win32.Kido”
- McAfee can remove this when you click on an on-demand scan.
- AVG can remove this when you click on an on-demand scan.You have to download the latest version as older one will not work anymore on the victim computer.
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April 8th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
@mmcdonald You can easily remove the conficker virus http://bit.ly/VmMIl
April 8th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
RT @hogreat link for my fellow conficker victims http://tinyurl.com/dxzhz7
April 20th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I think its not a virus but its a ad ware only…
September 18th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Interesting.
Times are a changing.
I like XP but it can be tough to fix sometimes. (But it is still easier for me to understand than NT!)
Thanks for posting.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
I’d advise always speaking to a professional before installing cctv