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Conficker Worm: Set to Explode on April 1st? Rami Habal, Proofpoint Attack Response Center
So there's been a lot of hype about
the Conficker worm and what's going to happen on
April 1st, 2009
the short answer is... not much
and this is really no different than any
of the past viruses
that have have propagated through the Internet
since the 80s and the 90s, right
there's been a lot of time-based types of viruses
but there is a lot of hype about this
and the best thing that organizations can really do
to protect themselves and
individuals can do to protect themselves
is just to make sure that their machines
are properly protected
so, as a consumer
make sure you're running anti-virus software on your desktop
from a company like F-secure, our partners,
Proofpoint's partners
and as an enterprise
make sure you have the latest protection
on your enterprise gateway
For more information about on Conficker,
the Conficker virus,
you can go to
www.proofpoint.com/worm
and that's... there's a post on our blog
that really has two key bits of information
the first one has to do with
a Q&A about the Conficker virus
and it's really everything you ever wanted to know about
Conficker, so it's really recommended reading
for everyone... The second
item has to do with
a link to an F-Secure tool
that will remove Conficker
from your system
so as a recommendation,
download it and it will remove Conficker
as well as other types of malware
from your laptop or desktop