Okay.
Updating your virus definitions is not enough.
First and foremost. Patch your systems. MS08-067.
Second. Patch your systems (See above) Call your parents/computer illiterate siblings/aunts/uncles/ficus benjaminas/etc. have them patch their systems.
Walk them through the process. Use small words, rude gestures and hand puppets as required.
Third - most good anti-virus software has a buffer overflow protection option - turn it on. MS08-067 is a buffer overflow.
Fourth treat all USB devices as you would your dick (or your dick by proxy, or your favorite dick substitute) Do not place them in any orifice without
sufficient protection (It could be that very available picture printer at the supermarket or that Triple-slotted gigabyte gargler at the internet cafe, or even
the staid business-like one at work). The most prevalent way Conficker makes its way onto protected networks is through unprotected USB devices. Disabling
autorun on your systems is the first step is wrapping your stick before you...
Fifth - patch you Oedipal-Gerund systems!
If you have not patched by this point, patch your system, update your virus scan software and do a full scan with heuristics enabled. Be warned that some
variants of Conficker will attempt to disable A/V software.
Shayne
Updating your virus definitions is not enough.
First and foremost. Patch your systems. MS08-067.
Second. Patch your systems (See above) Call your parents/computer illiterate siblings/aunts/uncles/ficus benjaminas/etc. have them patch their systems.
Walk them through the process. Use small words, rude gestures and hand puppets as required.
Third - most good anti-virus software has a buffer overflow protection option - turn it on. MS08-067 is a buffer overflow.
Fourth treat all USB devices as you would your dick (or your dick by proxy, or your favorite dick substitute) Do not place them in any orifice without
sufficient protection (It could be that very available picture printer at the supermarket or that Triple-slotted gigabyte gargler at the internet cafe, or even
the staid business-like one at work). The most prevalent way Conficker makes its way onto protected networks is through unprotected USB devices. Disabling
autorun on your systems is the first step is wrapping your stick before you...
Fifth - patch you Oedipal-Gerund systems!
If you have not patched by this point, patch your system, update your virus scan software and do a full scan with heuristics enabled. Be warned that some
variants of Conficker will attempt to disable A/V software.
Shayne