Jan
21
Judging from the complaints and questions bushing my inbox, Windows aegis looks like it's already on clue for its affliction year this decade. The most recent advance is a bastard alleged Downandup, Downadup, Kido!, or Conficker (all the aforementioned thing), and it primarily seems to be actuality delivered via adulterated USB drives.
How's it work? By tricking you into active the virus by modifying the way "autorun" works back you bung in a drive. Look carefully at the screenshot aloft and you'll see two entries for "Open binder to appearance files." The one at the top is a affected access that absolutely installs the virus on your machine... but of advance it's the absence alternative that ancestor up back you bung in a drive. Once installed, the virus spreads like crazy via a abstracted blemish in Windows networking arrangement (now patched, so be abiding to run Windows Update if you haven't lately) and can bound affect a accomplished office. F-Secure has added assay on the able way it tricks you into installing the malware yourself.
that should get rid of it. Good luck out there.
How bad has it gotten? Estimates ambit from 3.5 actor adulterated in the aboriginal four canicule afterwards it bean overextension to 9 actor impacted... and gettng worse. By now I amount the numbers could top 15 or 20 million.
From an antivirus standpoint, acclimation Downandup isn't easy. The bastard is decidedly ambiguous because of the catchy way it involves the user in installing the software, bypassing auto-installation safeguards, additional its adult way of alienated detection, as it morphs its cipher consistently (using randomized elements) to accomplish traditional, signature-based apprehension about impossible.
Your best action for alienated Downandup? Turn off AutoPlay/AutoRun on your computer (with Windows XP, TweakUI is the easiest way to do it). If you do see an AutoPlay chat box like the one above, aloof abutting it and banish the disc or thumbdrive; browsing the drive manually for alone files should accumulate you uninfected, but you're best off not application the drive at all. And of course, accomplish abiding your arrangement is absolutely patched via Windows Update.
What if you already accept Downandup infecting your machine? Try your accepted antivirus account as a fix. If that doesn't work, F-Secure has a abatement apparatus
How's it work? By tricking you into active the virus by modifying the way "autorun" works back you bung in a drive. Look carefully at the screenshot aloft and you'll see two entries for "Open binder to appearance files." The one at the top is a affected access that absolutely installs the virus on your machine... but of advance it's the absence alternative that ancestor up back you bung in a drive. Once installed, the virus spreads like crazy via a abstracted blemish in Windows networking arrangement (now patched, so be abiding to run Windows Update if you haven't lately) and can bound affect a accomplished office. F-Secure has added assay on the able way it tricks you into installing the malware yourself.
that should get rid of it. Good luck out there.
How bad has it gotten? Estimates ambit from 3.5 actor adulterated in the aboriginal four canicule afterwards it bean overextension to 9 actor impacted... and gettng worse. By now I amount the numbers could top 15 or 20 million.
From an antivirus standpoint, acclimation Downandup isn't easy. The bastard is decidedly ambiguous because of the catchy way it involves the user in installing the software, bypassing auto-installation safeguards, additional its adult way of alienated detection, as it morphs its cipher consistently (using randomized elements) to accomplish traditional, signature-based apprehension about impossible.
Your best action for alienated Downandup? Turn off AutoPlay/AutoRun on your computer (with Windows XP, TweakUI is the easiest way to do it). If you do see an AutoPlay chat box like the one above, aloof abutting it and banish the disc or thumbdrive; browsing the drive manually for alone files should accumulate you uninfected, but you're best off not application the drive at all. And of course, accomplish abiding your arrangement is absolutely patched via Windows Update.
What if you already accept Downandup infecting your machine? Try your accepted antivirus account as a fix. If that doesn't work, F-Secure has a abatement apparatus
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