Conficker a Year Later--Help Stamp It Out
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It’s been a year since the Conficker worm first started turning up on Windows PCs and the Conficker Working Group estimates that there are still millions of computers infected with it. These systems are still a potential threat to their owners and to the health of the Internet as a whole, but there’s a really easy way to find out if a computer is infected: the Conficker Eye Chart.
On a clean system, all of the images on this page will show up. If it’s infected, some will be missing. The site includes simple instructions on how to interpret the results and how to remediate an infected system. Run it on your PC. Better yet, run it on your mother’s PC and your kids’ PCs.