What Is The Conficker or DownAdUp Worm Virus?

Posted by admin on April 1st, 2009 at 12:02pm

The Conficker Worm Virus, also know as the downadup, is a Trojan worm that was first discovered in late 2008. It is a type of malware that is secretly downloaded to your computers registry when you open an email or visit a website that is setup to infect your computer.

The tricky thing about the Conficker Worm is that anti-virus software was not designed or updated to be able to handle the format of this virus and therefore was no able to recognize when an individuals computer became infected. The virus itself was also programmed to remain dormant until April 1^st of 2009.

Luckily tech experts have been able to figure out ways to detect and remove the Conficker virus through the use of removal tools that were created specifically for this virus.

If you feel that your PC might be infected by the Conficker Worm Virus we highly recommend that you run a free Microsoft scan to make sure that your computer is safe.

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