The conficker computer worm, also known as downup, downandup and Kido first surfaced in 2008 but as of January 17,IBN Live reports that 6.5 million computers have already been infected by this virus. The Register also reports that 3 in 10 windows PC are vulnerable to conficker attacks.This article is about removing the conficker/ downadup virus
Downad / conficker symptoms
When the downadup or conficker worm is executed in a PC, win 32 downadup virus disables systems such as the Windows Automatic Update, Windows Security Center, Windows Defender and Windows Error Reporting.
The downadup worm also gathers personal information and installs malware into the infected computer. The downadup worm also attaches to several windows processes including svchost.exe, explorer.exe and services.exe. Other symptoms are enumerated in this site: http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_153464.htm
Removing conficker worm
aThe easiest way to remove conficker is to use a conficker remover. 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.
Conficker Removers
Several Win32 conficker removal tools are now available To remove conficker with a conficker remover, check out the following urls to Download downadup/conficker remover tools:
Symantec W32.Downadup Removal Tool http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/global/removal_tool/threat_writeups/FixDownadup.exe
F-SECURE Malware Removal Tool: ftp://ftp.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/beta/f-downadup.zip
Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal tool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en
The above conficker remove link downloads can be accessed by copying the urls to your favorite browser.
You can also read the following conficker virus removal 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: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962007
Protecting Against the Rampant Conficker Worm: http://www.pcworld.com/article/157876/conficker.html?loomia_ow=t0:a16:g2:r1:c0.364912:b21134527
Possibly related infection:
Windows Police Pro
Personal Protector Virus
September 1st, 2009 at 4:25 pm
doesn’t anybody realize that its all in the plan of Microsoft???
my theories…
1. how did they know that its gonna be lunch on april 1st..?
2. how did they cracked its so easily upon the lunch of the virus..?
3. or they were the one who spreads the virus…HELLO???? new anti virus = New PAyment….
July 1st, 2009 at 3:17 am
I wish that asslicker would get a heartattack. I wish the makers of all extreme, non recoverable viruses would slip on shit, get a load of it in his mouth, and some random gangsters screw the living shit out of them. Assfaces.
May 6th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I completely agree with you, Santiago. I’m in the Point of Sale industry and I’ve had seven of my stores attacked by this virus. Currently installing a new store set to open tomorrow and my entire network of 15 systems will have to be reloaded if I can’t find a cure within the hour. Let’s hope this bastard trips and breaks his neck getting out of his car.
April 24th, 2009 at 11:28 am
This virus is pretty sucks.
attacked my company server several times and made my servers halted totally at all. My Oracle Finance application and My Maximo cannot run. I restarted the server, but after the server was restarted, the servers still halted! no applications can run! So, I had to format the server 3 times to get rid of this fucking virus!
Fuck this conficker creator, I wonder if he/she is laughing out there while we’re getting into this trouble! Fuck this fuckhole!