Important update! Test your computer for Conficker - Now!

by Paul Myers
TalkBiz News

Conficker, considered to be potentially one of the nastiest worms to hit the Internet in quite a while, has finally woken up. It's downloading updates, which security analysts suspect to be keyloggers or other code designed to steal information from infected machines.

To see if your machine is infected, go to.......

http://www.talkbiz.com/confickertest

It's an extremely simple test. Load the page and see if you get all 6 pictures. If you do, you're unlikely to be infected. The explanation is VERY short, and included on the page.

Feel free to pass that URL around to anyone you like. The more people know if their systems are infected, the better.

If you find that you're are likely to have the worm on your machine, immediately disconnect from the Internet. Find a machine that isn't infected, and get a copy of Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove

Do not reconnect to the Internet until you've run that on the infected machine.

Okay. That was the important part. Assuming your machine isn't infected, it's back to normal stuff.

If you missed the issue I sent out the other day, check it out at

http://www.talkbiz.com/tbn040609.php

You can pick up one of my more important products there, along with reading a rant that's gotten quite a bit of attention and feedback.

And don't forget to test your machine, and pass that URL around.

This is not a gag.

Paul

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