Beth:
Symantec has provided information on the conficker virus. The URL
I've listed below is one of several available on the site. This URL
is downloadable as an Adobe file. Many questions you might have
regarding the virus are answered here.
http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/the_downadup_codex_ed1.pdf
Good luck.
Peter Kepros
Professor and Dean Emeritus
University of New Brunswick
At 01:13 PM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
>A quick question to those among us who are more computer savvy than
>I: Any easy advice to help protect against the conficker virus,
>which was discussed on 60 Minutes last night?
>
>I went to the Microsoft support site, and downloaded three pages of
>small print directions, with 26 steps. Surely there's something
>simpler? But if not, it sounds like it's worth the effort. Or is it?
>
>Beth Benoit
>Granite State College
>Plymouth State University
>New Hampshire
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