Comments on: Conficker Worm – Are you protected?

By: doogald

doogald — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:48:06 +0000

Lots more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962007

By: Jack Cook

Jack Cook — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:36:46 +0000

BRYAN B passed on these resources to see if you are infected

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

http://blogs.computerworld.com/conficker_botnet_wakes_up_and_smells_the_coffee

By: Pony99CA

Pony99CA — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:54:12 +0000

So an easy way to detect if you have Conficker is to try Windows Update or visit a security site (do we have any specific URLs that Conficker blocks?).

Steve

By: doogald

doogald — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:15:43 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, if you are already infected with any of the Conficker variants it will block your attempts to run Windows Update, update antivirus definitions, etc.

There are utilities that you can download that will clean your computer of Conficker – if you are already infected, you may need to download it from another PC first and then run it on the infected PC. Here is one from Symantec (which calls Conficker “downadup” – they are the same thing). I think that it’s pretty important to follow the instructions completely:

http://www.symantec.com/business/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2009-011316-0247-99