100% cure for Conficker

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 1, 2009 3:22 PM EDT
Computerworld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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There are several ways you can try to protect yourself from Conficker. These include disabling AutoRun, since Conficker can spread by infected USB drives; using current anti-virus software; use Windows' own malicious software removal tool; or, switch to OpenDNS for your DNS service. There are many ways to try to stop these attacks, unfortunately, the bad guys are always working on getting newer and better ways to infect your system. The sad truth is no matter what you do with Windows, whether you're running XP, Vista, or the Windows 7 beta, you're not safe. Now, however there's a patch that will stop Conficker, and almost all other malware programs, in their tracks. It's called Linux.

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true and false, wrapped in market-ese gus3 6 603 Apr 1, 2009 7:36 PM
I'm glad to see this coming from Computerworld... caitlyn 1 731 Apr 1, 2009 5:09 PM

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