Comments on: How to be Sure Your PC is Not Infected with Downadup/Conficker Worm?

By: Fastest Way to Check if you are Infected by Conficker Worm - - Technically Personal!

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:42:04 +0000

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By: Raju

Raju — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:01:06 +0000

@sivakumar,
Please check the other tools listed down in this post – http://techpp.com/2009/03/18/tools-to-detect-remove-conficker-worm/
Let me know if any of those helped you.

By: sivakumar

sivakumar — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:03:20 +0000

hey i got caught with this worm, the symptoms i received is when i apply show hidden files and folder from folder option menu it wont show my hidden folder and automatically the radio button is selected to the do not show hidden files and folder.
i downloaded the bitdefender tool from http://techpp.com/2009/01/22/how-to-fix-downadup-worm/ but it didn’t helped my PC. help me

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Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:42:27 +0000

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By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:29:14 +0000

Thanks for asking this question Kim. The thing is, there is NO definite symptoms to know that the PC is infected with the worm. I will update the post on what are all the possible symptoms, but what it is capable of is really scary.

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:18:53 +0000

Wouldn’t you have noticed some symptoms or can it run behind the scenes without you realizing it? Can people get rid of it by going to a restore point from before the time they were infected?