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So, there’s a huge hoo ha over what will happen on April 1st, 2009 because PC’s infected with this worm will ‘do something’ on April Fools’ day. Many people are panicking, some say it’s nothing so which is it? First, relax a little. Computer viruses are released every single day with differing threat levels. This got a lot more exposure. Probably because CBS covered it on 60 Minutes.
First things first, know that this virus only applies to Windows operating systems (yeah, I can hear all you other OS users out there now 
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Secondly, if you have kept your anti virus up to date, being scanning regularly and so far have not been infected, you’re probably OK and don’t have to worry about it.
Third, make sure you patch your copy of Windows. This can be done by doing an update or visiting the Windows Update page. That said, here are some tools and resources you can use to check and get more information.
- Background information from Snopes
- Conficker likely a hype
- Microsoft Malicious Software Recovery Tool – this page details the symptoms you will experience to help you tell if you are infected or not and how to fix it.
- Removal tool from Symantec
- Windows Secrets highly recommended. Good details, explanation and resources.
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