Virus/Anti-virus software

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Contents 1 Virus watch 2 Virus removal 2.1 Free tools 2.2 Post infection 3 References

Virus watch

• 2009 April: Conficker Internet worm
  • on 1 April, a computer virus, Conficker C, threatens to unleash itself and take over your machine, disable your security programs. One strange thing about Conficker is that no one yet has any idea what it is programmed to do.(Fox News, 2009, March 24)^[1]

Virus removal

Free tools

• AVG
• Antivir

Post infection

• Microsoft: Malicious Software Removal Tool (2009)^[2]
• McAfee : Stinger

References

1. ↑ Fox News(2009, March 24) Computer Virus 'Time Bomb' Could Go Off April. Retrieved March 25, 2009 from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510296,00.html
2. ↑ Microsoft: Malicious Software Removal Tool (2009) The Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool helps remove specific, prevalent malicious software from computers that are running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP, or Windows 2000. Retrieved July 1, 2009 from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/890830

 

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