Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Conficker information

Many Rollins community members have read or heard recent news reports about Conficker (also referred to as Downadup and Kido). Conficker is a computer worm that threatens the security of Microsoft Windows computers that have not been regularly patched.


To protect your system from the Conficker infection ensure that your computer system:

is set to automatically download updates released by Microsoft for Win XP and WinVista
has an updated anti-virus software.


More information regarding Conficker:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jspthemeid=conficker_worm&inid=us_ghp_link_conficker_worm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

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