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Downadup Worm Removal
January 16th 2009 21:28
The Downadup worm also known as, Kido,Conficker and Windows worm, is yet another of those malicious software that are there on the loose infecting worldwide PC's using internet as a camouflage. Latest news reports say that this malicious thing has infected nearly 3.5 million PC's around the world. There have been many other viruses and worms on the loose in the year 2008 and Downadup is also part of these as it started infecting PC's in late 2008.
The people at Microsoft say that many more PC's are prone to this worm and the numbers could rise drastically. Engineers say that windows users must have their latest patch installed in their PC's in order to protect their PC's from it's attack.
The worm uses very complex methods to enter user's PC and create havoc. It looks for "services.exe" files in a PC and then attaches it self to this file. The file than makes it self part of the system dll files and Windows considers it as a normal service dll file and runs it along side others dll files.
Once it gets loaded by fooling the system, it starts its malicious work by playing with browsers. It redirects users to websites full of malware and then starts downloading more worms and spammy softwares. The worm also plays with system restore operation making it difficult for people to recover a PC.
The guys at the Microsoft feel that it is hard to track the origin of this worm because most known worms and trojans are downloaded from the same websites which people come across while searching for a software download. These websites are easy to track and action can be taken swiftly but with Downadup uses slightly different technique. What it does is that it creates multiple domain names everyday and the worm may reside in any one of them. This makes engineers hard to detect it.
Downadup Removal
Fortunately the worm could be removed if you are having 'Symantec antivirus' installed in your PC along with it's latest upgrades. But at times removal may get difficult as it doesn't allow you to use windows explorer properly. You can download a small and free Removal Tool developed by Symantec if you do not have the whole system installed. Make sure you follow all the instructions strictly before attempting to remove this nuisance out of your PC.
Downadup Removal Tool Download
Although I haven't really tested this tool but this is currently the latest available removal tool on the internet.
If you are currently unaffected then I suggest that you download the latest Microsoft's latest security patch to keep your PC safe from Downadup's attack. You can download from Microsoft Security Center.
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