What is conficker virus?

Help guys, my pc is infected by conficker virus..?

  • OK so today i was trying to update my microsoft .net framework and the microsoft website errored. (like can't be opened and keep saying Server not found) so i searched in google about it and figured out that my pc was infected by a virus called Conficker. I'm pretty sure it was conficker because I can't connect to microsoft websites and some antivirus websites. I've tried to download conficker remover tools but the virus blocked the website so I can't open it. Right now I'm still trying to find a way to remove it. Please help me, I'll appreciate it very much :( Thanks for reading and have a nice day

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    conficker virus - unlikely. i was trying to update my microsoft .net framework - read: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aohxcs8Kxq5T7CMZ97v.KrHsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20120522052951AA3vFvo I'm pretty sure it was conficker because I can't connect to microsoft websites and some antivirus websites - sounds more like tdss rootkit to me. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-tdss-tdl3-alureon-rootkit-using-tdsskiller

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Do a check for that nasty here > http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html The Bleeping Computer site will help. > http://bleepingcomputer.com/

Mike545

conflicker has not been a issue for window based PC since early 2008 . what you have sounds more like a rouge threat (rootkit) and not conflicker

ArmyGuy

Yeap, sounds definitively like a Conficker worm. In other words watch out when you login to facebook, emails, yahoo answers as it steals all passwords! I had this problem in the past but unfortunately an anti-virus would not be able to remove it. They are not very good at removing worms. I suggest you use and anti-malware instead of an antivirus called VikingPCHealth. It has 5 antiviruses. Download the free trial from here: http://www.vikingpc.org/free-trial Also if it blocks all antiviruses just copy vikingpchealth to a pendrive and do the scan from there. it does not need to be installed.

Greg

Follow this guide to remove it, conficker is a nasty virus http://howeduvideos.com/how-to-fix-any-malware-and-virus/

Madeline

Research where the Virus and associated files are located and manually delete them.

Dave Dudish

Those re-directs may be from a tainted "Host file" on your computer. The Hosts file 'resolves' an IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory at start-up. It's a bit like your own 'phone book' for the Internet. Rather than doing a DNS lookup (to translate a website name into a numerical value i.e. their IP); you already have it in your 'hostfile'. This saves time during browse sessions. Windows checks this Hosts file before sending requests to the Internet, and can override an addresses on the DNS server (the actual Internet address of a website). This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local (your) machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is its ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, provided the entry exists, which is what many malware items do. Get this: "HOSTS file" (from mvps.org) which blocks evil webpage assets from re-directs which install malware or trashware. (Vista/Win7 require special instructions; on-page link) http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip (installer) Microsoft hostfile fix (to default): http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034

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