The Conficker Worm is a nasty piece of malicious software that has "wormed" its way into millions of computers and created a very large botNET which can be activated at any time by the botMASTERS whom could use the infected computers for various malicious purposes; including but not limited to:
- Sending SPAM
- Cracking, Hacking Accounts and Passwords
- Spreading to infect further computers or devices
- Stealing passwords and banking details
The worm (once inside a network) can spread like wildfire and with access to the internet it is able to spread at an increased rate to infect more computers.
Conficker has various strains of itself which can update and become even more malicious by adding extra "functions" (Programmed Responses) which can cause more damage.
Even if you do not believe it is possible for the Conficker Worm to have infected your computer or network it is always best to be safe and check against the following symtoms.
If your computer is infected with this worm, you may not experience any symptoms, or you may experience any of the following symptoms:
- Account lockout policies are being tripped.
- Automatic Updates, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Windows Defender, and Error Reporting Services are disabled.
- Domain controllers respond slowly to client requests.
- The network is congested.
- Various security-related Web sites cannot be accessed.
Looking through the above list, do you have any symtoms listed above?
Regardless of whether you have or not; we would like to emphasize that you should scan your computer to be completely sure.
The piece of software which is advised to scan your computer with would be The Microsoft Windows Malicous Software Removal Application.
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830)Microsoft released the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool to help remove specific prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.
After you download the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, it runs one time to check your computer for inflection by specific prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps remove any infection it finds.
After you download the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, it runs one time to check your computer for inflection by specific prevalent malicious software (including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom) and helps remove any infection it finds.
Microsoft releases a new version of the tool every month.
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