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Computer Virus Doing Damage To Millions Of PCs Worldwide
Boston (dbTechno) – A new computer virus has managed to infect over 15 million Windows PCs to date and continues to spread.
The virus, known as Conficker, Kido, or Downadup, has infected millions upon millions of computers.
It has hit worldwide Windows PCs, not only in the United States, but in Britain, and abroad.
The worm hits WIndows operating systems and can be spread in a variety of ways.
These include by going on malicious sites, as well as USB memory sticks, etc.
Computers are infected by the virus by getting Windows PCs to check for passwords that can be easily broken into.
Microsoft actually patched this hole in Windows, but since not many people actually downloaded the patch, it still managed to infect many PCs.
The best way to help protect yourself is to update your anti-virus software, put up a firewall, and install the Microsoft patches as needed.
The Microsoft patch needed to protect from this worm is MS08-067.
Author: Staff
> Microsoft actually patched this hole in Windows, but since not many people
> actually downloaded the patch, it still managed to infect many PCs.
“Not many people installed the patch”?
Huh?
Hundreds of *MILLIONS* of people have installed the patch.
That’s an old patch from October of last *YEAR*.
I (like most of the world) been *FULLY* protected from this virus for months now.
If a certain percentage of people foolishly wait more 3 months it install free/easy
patches… that’s their own fault.
Damage? No damage yet. Right now it’s just sitting there on all these PCs. I guess disabling services and eating bandwidth is considered damage, but I have yet to hear about the worm actually doing anything yet. It’s actually frightening.
What systems does the Trojan horse Agent.NOU virus damage. My concerns focus beyond the OS and mainly on the harddrive’s MBR (boot record) and the computer’s BIOS. Do I have to purchase a new harddrive or reburn my BIOS? Currently I can’t even reinstall windows, because the installation program freezes. Is this from a damaged harddrive or damaged BIOS?