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The "Conficker" Worm to Strike on April 1st...or Not.

9:42 PM Mon, Mar 30, 2009 |

Have you ever been the victim of a computer hacker? I have. It's incredibly frustrating. I sit there and curse the unknown person who put me through the hassle.

You're probably like me and you get emails all the time from family and friends warning you about a worm or a virus. Now we've got another one coming down the pike. It's the "Conficker" worm. A computer expert we spoke with says this is raising some red flags because it's sophisticated and it's tough to stop.

It's supposed to strike on April 1st. As I write this it's just before 10pm on March 30th so you've got a litle bit of time to head this off if you have it in your computer. If you're a victim the worm will allow some unknown computer user control your computer. Scary thought these days when we have so much info on our computers.

Check out kmov.com for the steps you can take to protect yourself. But know this---even if April 1st comes and goes and you think you're safe, you may not be. the experts say It could lie dormant in your system and strike later.

Be proactive...knock the thing out before it knocks you out.



11 Comments

Andrew Short said:

tell me how doi get this to stop before it gets me?

Kathy said:

Okay, so where are the steps to protect my computer that you refer to.

Nancy Hollenstein said:

where is the information so we can check if our computer has the worm? I thought on the news last night you said to go to the website to get more information.
Thank you
Nancy Hollenstein

Robert Blake said:

Tell me how to check my computer?

Ronald Reish said:

how do i knock this conficker worm out before it hits.

Lenoria said:

Hi, Last night you gave a wed site to check your computer with,what is it I don't see it here on your blog.tk

Barb Winters said:

What are the steps to protect my computer, I looked on your site, but didn't find them.
Thank You,
Barb

Roy said:

Thanks for the info. Just hope the wife listens!

patrick hill said:

Nice article; but you should provide method to use to defeat the worm.!!!

Judy Abell said:

Hi:

I thought I heard you give a site we can go to if we want to check on whether we have the "Conficker
Worm", but I didn't catch the address. What is it?
Thanks for the warning.

Charles Loos said:

Ok I know about the virus but how the H--- do I find out how to see if my computer has it??????
Both you and KSDK are the worst web sites I have ever seen.


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