Check if Your Computer Is Infected with Virus (Downadup/Conficker)
1) Downadup Virus[Edited]
I’ve read a lot of articles about this worm attack recently. According to ComputerWorld, reportedly it has infected nearly 9 million PCs in just two weeks. [Updated from PCWorld]This latest malware has the ability to spread via USB flash. drives.
Signs
a) Account lockout policies are being tripped(because your password's been hijacked, and changed, by the attacker).
b) Automatic Updates are disabled(because Downadup tries to keep the PC unpatched by turning off Windows Update's automatic update, as well as Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), the Windows component used by Windows Update to actually deliver the updates).
c) Various security-related Web sites cannot be accessed(because Downadup blocks access to a whole host of security companies' sites in an effort to prevent antivirus software from being updated, which could result in the worm's detection and eradication).
Ways to Protect Our Computer
a) Download MS08-067 Microsoft patch. You can verify that the patch has been installed by bringing up Windows Update, then clicking "Review your update history" and looking for a security update labeled as "KB958644.
*Xtra: You can download this Firefox-like search in IE named FindAsYouType, so that you can find the labeled patch in your update history easier.
b) If you are only now installing the patch, you might want to take Microsoft's advice and also download and install the January edition of its free Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), which was updated last week so that it can detect, and then delete, Downadup infections.
c) Security experts have recommended that users disable both Autorun and Autoplay in Windows.
[Source: How to protect your PC against the Downadup worm]
2) A Week of Holiday
People starting to blog back. Ya, why? Thanks to our celebration: Chinese New Year! Thanks goodness, this year I didn’t suffer from ousel ulser---is that how you spell when you got a “hole” at your lips?!?. I remembered every CNY, I will get at least 1 ousel ulser in my mouth. Very hard to even taste my mom’s chicken curry.
Somehow, I got different “CNY-present” this year, diarrhea. Not just me, everyone who went to my cousin’s house warming---sin chu--- got diarrhea as well. I diarrhea-ed about 5 times on Wednesday afternoon. I was white as a chalk when I got home because I have been “tahaning” the AWEFULLY PAINFUL stomachache from school and waited in the bus for 1 hour++. After that, walk back home from the point my bus dropped me. I kept thinking the world is ending soon.
What about homeworks? I think people should not whine about a lot of homeworks thing. For me, appreciate it while you know how to do them. It’s sucks (like me), having lots of homeworks and at the same time, I don’t know how to do most of them.
Anyway, the best part, my brother’s coming back today. Reunited as a family back again.
3) Personal Favourite Articles/Stuffs From The Web
News [Gizmodo, CNN]
- Murdering in Virginia Tech
- False News on Steve Jobs Heart Attack
- World's Smallest Fuel Cell Could Power Your Gadgets
- Trojan hides in pirated copies of Apple's iWork '09
- Rare glimpse shows thinner Kim Jong-Il
- Children dead in Belgium nursery attack
- Obama retakes oath after Robert’s mistake
Window 7 [Gizmodo, MyDigitalLife]
- Win 7 Tip: Now You Can Choose Which Folders to Back Up and Create System Images
- Win 7 Tip: Fix That MSI Installer Bug And Get Apps Running Again
- How to Display Text on Taskbar Buttons in Windows 7
Cool Stuffs [Gizmodo]
- A Beautiful Sunset, Painted in Fluorescent Bacteria
- Scientists Grow Doll Out of Living Cells, Complex Organisms Next
- Quicksnap Ice Tray Releases One Cube at a Time
Web [Six Revisions]
Astronomy [Astronomy.com]
February 24, 2021 at 6:20 AM
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