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Originally Posted by alicia111
oh ok, i am also running a scan. what antivrus do you use? any special type required to remove this virus?  |
I don't have any particular information about which anti-virus is best, I'm using a free one somepeople recommended, but I don't really know it's the best possible.
This is the wikipedia page about conficker:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker
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Originally Posted by Microsoft
If your computer is infected with the Conficker worm, you may be unable to download certain security products, such as the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool or accessing certain Web sites, such as Microsoft Update. If you can't access those tools, try using the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner.
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So, if you can download those tools, you probably don't have this virus. If you've downloaded them you might as well run them to be sure (or as sure as you can be with viruses
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The page from which you can download the malicious software removal tool is:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/ma...e/default.mspx