Downadup Conficker & Kido Worms Infects Windows PC!
Around 9 million PC’s were hit this week with these worms, which are said to be the biggest attacks since in the last 5 years no worms has effected this much and the infected pc’s count grew from 2.4 million to 9 million in just 4 days and companies like F-secure are working on this issue. These worms are not only infecting the PC but also the network connected to it and makes use of this network and creates its self-copies and distributes on the connected pc’s.
A standalone malicious program which uses computer or network resources to make complete copies of itself. May include code or other malware to damage both the system and the network.
Here is the official page from F-secure which helps you in removing these worms @ F-secure, you should also make sure you have got the best antivirus on your computer.
February 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm |
Not only can this virus disrupt your PC, since it can disable your ability to connect to software update sites it leaves you vulnerable to even more malware. You need to disable AutoPlay as well as patch your PC. See: http://www.downadup.com