SPYWARE

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on June 8th, 2010.

Websites are buzzing about the conficker april 1 virus. Reportedly, the conficker c virus aka conflicker, kiddo and downadup will evolve on April 1 making it more difficult to remove. Many security experts, however, believe that the april 1 worm will not wreak major havoc on Wednesday. Still, it is best to avoid the april 1 computer worm as online financial information like credit card accounts may be at risk of being hacked.

How to avoid the april 1 virus
One of the best recommended means to protect yourself from the April fool’s worm is to download the conficker patch. You can go to the Microsoft website for the conficker microsoft patch. You can also read the following posts: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en

Removing conficker worm
Several Win32 conficker removal tools are now available but because the conficker worm also spreads through portable storage devices such as USB drives, disabling your PC’s autorun feature for external media is recommended. Here is how to remove conficker with a conficker remover:

You can also read the following articles to learn more how you can protect your PC from Conficker virus, repair conficker virus damage and how you can manually remove conficker:

Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm

Protecting Against the Rampant Conficker Worm

Virus Infections

This virus affects your system by
Disabling Task Manager
Disabling Registry Editor
Creates a startup entry to start upon system start and
Creates its own exe files in Shared Documents folder which appear like ordinary folders.
Disables Folder Options
Uses your 50% or more processor


You can see that the folders in Shared Documents have an exe extension If you have unchecked Hide extensions for known file types in Folder Options