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Conficker Worm Update

This information comes from the Trend Micro Channel Team.

 

Update

TrendLabs has discovered a new Conficker variant (detected as WORM_DOWNAD.E). It appears that this may be the activity that was supposed to happen on April 1st. This new variant only affects those PCs that have been previously infected with WORM_DOWNAD.KK. If your customers' Trend Micro products have been patched and they are running the latest engines and pattern files, they are protected from this variant.

 

Make sure your customers' PCs are not infected

Instruct your customers to scan their PCs using their current Trend Micro product or HouseCall to see whether they are infected. If it is determined that they are infected, find instructions for removal below:

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Consumers

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Small Business

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Medium Business, Enterprise

 

How do I protect my customers' PCs from being infected?

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Customers should immediately install patches/updates for MS08067 and other vulnerabilities as soon as vendors release these patches. They should configure their PCs to receive automatic updates and patches from Microsoft and software vendors.

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Make sure your customers' security software is up to date.

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Instruct customers to disable the “Drive Auto-run” feature to avoid infections from USB drives.

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Your customers should employ secure passwords using a combination of letters, numbers and symbols and frequently change them.

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Educate your customers to take caution when searching online for DOWNAD and Conficker information. There are reports of rogue antivirus packages that are taking advantage of the situation. They will tell you that you are infected and ask you to pay money to download their application, which in many cases turns out to be malware.

 

M/T Box continues to monitor this situation and is sure our client networks are fully patched and have the latest virus definitions installed on  their pc's and servers.

If  you are not a current M/T Box customer and believe you might be infected call us today at 574.277.2775 to schedule a cleanup.

~Safe Computing

Emmitt

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