How to Remove the Conficker worm (AKA Downup, Downadup and Kido)

Posted by ramm on 1 April, 2009
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The conficker worm has been around since October 2008, it’s known under the name of conficker, confiquer, downup, downadup and kido.  Conficker targets windows based computers by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server service used by most flavors of windows.

Since it’s release in late 2008, the conficker worm is believed to have infected over 10 million computers.

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Using Spybot S&D to Remove Spyware

Posted by ramm on 8 March, 2009
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Spybot S&D is one of my favorite anti-spyware tools. I’ve been removing spyware for years, and Spybot has helped me on each and every instance. I’m not saying is the only anti-spyware tool out there, but because of it’s dedicated creator, great and simple user interface but yet advanced options makes it a great ally in the battle against several types of malicious software.

Spybot screenshot

Spybot screenshot

Spybot S&D offers a very easy and intuitive UI (user interface), that after following a few simple steps can help you get rid of the unwanted software.

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