Check If You Are Infected With The Conficker Worm.

Conficker, also known as Downup, Downandup, Conflicker, and Kido, is a computer worm that surfaced November 21st, 2008 with Conficker.A and targets the Microsoft Windows operating system. The worm exploits a known vulnerability (MS08-067) in the Windows Server service used by Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 Beta. The latest variant (Conficker.C) will begin checking for a payload to download on March 31st, 2009. Conficker.A and Conficker.B variants continue to check for payloads each with a distinct domain generation algorithm.

Excerpt is from: confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/

Conficker Eye Chart – this will tell you if you have Conficker infected on your system:

confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

Removal Tools:

ESET
Kaspersky
F-Secure Malware Removal Tool
McAfee
Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool
Sophos
Symantec Notes
TrendMicro

This is also outlined in a report on 60 minutes dated 31st March, 09:

This announcement is from http://www.us-cert.gov/ :

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

US-CERT saw no evidence of nefarious behavior associated with Conficker on April 1, 2009. It is important to understand that it is still unclear what Conficker is intended for and capable of doing. Systems with infections must be cleaned now. An infected system could enable an attacker to remotely take control of that system and install additional malicious software. Even though April 1, 2009 has passed, the exact time and intended purpose of the Conficker/Downadup worm remains unknown. The possible malicious uses of this worm range from data theft, phishing/spam efforts, and, the scenario of most concern, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Users must remain vigilant in detecting the Conficker Worm and systematically cleaning systems of these infections to prevent potential, future cyber events. PLEASE READ THE CURRENT ACTIVITY UPDATE for more information about the Conficker worm.

Conficker worm sends instructions to grow botnet (cbc.ca)

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Check If You Are Infected With The Conficker Worm.

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