I'm a bit late with this post; about a week late to be more specific. The Conficker worm that was scheduled to forever alter life as we now know it, on April 1st, has finally made its appearance. To be honest, the revealed purpose of this once fearsome creature is somewhat disappointing; it's nothing more than a simple scam. It seems that infected PCs have sprouted pop-up windows informing their viewers that the machine is infected with any number of nasty items and only the purchase of "Spyware Protect 2009" will save them from certain doom.
There's been a bit of discussion regarding the question of whether or not this pop-up producing worm is the exact worm we were all worried about on April Fool's day, or if it's a mutant of the original, but you can read all about it, and get removal advice, from blog posts at PC Magazine or PC Pitstop.
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