DownAdUp Has An April Fool's Day Surprise

What Is Conficker

The Conficker worm first debuted on the PC scene last Fall. Good estimates are hard to come by, but some experts believe that as many as three million computers may have been infected with the worm or its variants since its introduction. Initially, DownAdUp was designed to distribute rogue anti-malware software or software uninstaller type programs– you know, the kind that tells you that you have an infection and offers to fix it for you, too?

Victims who fell for the scam lost not only the $20 that the mystery malware was asking for, but also lost their credit card information. They did get malware that was programmed to download an update of some sort on December 1, however that download was discovered and stopped.

DownAdUp (Conficker) isn’t your typical spyware/malware combo. Variants of the worm – three known ones to date – all have different purposes. The first, discussed earlier, was a malware distributor. The second version was designed with security in mind – its own security, that is. The program attempted to obfuscate the destination sites set up to collect the skimmed and scammed information.

What Does The Latest Variant Do?

The latest variant is even more impressive: its goal is to disable your anti-virus protection. That, by itself, is a leap forward in terms of this malware’s aggressiveness. Your best protection on April 1 is to be ready for whatever Conficker/DownAdUp has in store. Your computer can’t be harmed if it isn’t infected, so your first goal should be to make sure your computer doesn’t have a Conficker infection.

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Don’t tolerate Conficker’s nonsense on April Fools Day or any other day. Protect your computer and your personal information from Conficker and a host of other malware applications by loading Spyware Doctor today. Find out for yourself why Spyware Doctor is the number one spyware removal tool on the market today!

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