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Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Keeping it simple, without the hype. PC tips and Internet advice for mom and pop businesses.
Much has been reported about the Conficker C worm which is supposed to hunt down websites and computers and randomly attack them today. Microsoft is paying a $250,000 bounty to catch the worm’s creator, CNN reports.
If you are reading this now, changes are you are safe — and so is this website.
The worm was patched back in October and if you’ve been updating your operating system since December, you should be alright.
No one seems to know what, if anything, the virus may do. According to CNN’s report:
The program could delete all of the files on a person’s computer, use zombie PCs — those controlled by a master — to overwhelm and shut down Web sites or monitor a person’s keyboard strokes to collect private information like passwords or bank account information, experts said.
More likely, though, said DeBolt, the virus may try to get computer users to buy fake software or spend money on other phony products.
Symantec, however, is playing down the threat. The April 1 deadline may be a hoax. Additionally, if the April Fool’s day threat is real, there is so much attention directed to it that it may not be launched.
The best things to do?
- Back up your websites just in case your server is attacked.
- Update your anti-virus programs.
- Run your anti-virus programs.
- Update your Windows programs.
- Don’t download weird software from sites that are not trustworthy.
If you are worried, PC Mag has a list of free Conflicker cleanup tools.
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