High Threat for Damaging System Worm Tomorrow!!!

FYI - Please update your anti-virus definition TODAY to prepare for this.
It is very important to prevent infection. In addition, do a Windows Update for any fixes.

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You may have heard reports of a potentially damaging Internet worm that is scheduled to be unleashed tomorrow, April 1st. The following is an excellent read on the worm http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/033009-conficker-april-1.html?page=1. The Department of Homeland Security has this information about the worm http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-088A.html. Additionally, Microsoft issued a warning regarding this issue at http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

In summary, there is a good deal of disagreement among the experts as to how many infected machines there are and what the intent if any of any April 1 activity is.

This worm exploits the Microsoft Vulnerability discovered in October of last year. From the article, 3 to 10 million machines have been infected and could be activated to be part of one of several types of attacks against other computer systems.

If your computer is infected, you can download the Microsoft Malware Removal Tools at http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx.
If you have Norton products, here are the instruction how to remove the worm from your computer at http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm&inidus_ghp_link_conficker_worm