WARNING!!! WARNING!!!

With this new year comes the new virus for our computers. I just finished reading an article on Yahoo.com called Downandup/Conficker worm infects 9 million PCs. This virus is very good at being deceptive. Here is how Yahoo article says it works...

"How's it work? By tricking you into running the virus by modifying the way "autorun" works when you plug in a drive. Look closely at the screenshot above and you'll see two entries for "Open folder to view files." The one at the top is a phony entry that actually installs the virus on your machine... but of course it's the default selection that pops up when you plug in a drive. Once installed, the virus spreads like crazy via a separate flaw in Windows networking system (now patched, so be sure to run Windows Update if you haven't lately) and can quickly infect a whole office. F-Secure has more analysis on the clever way it tricks you into installing the malware yourself."

So you ask yourself, "What if I already have the virus". Don't panic. Here is what the rest of Yahoo's article says..."What if you already have Downandup infecting your machine? Try your standard antivirus utility as a fix. If that doesn't work, F-Secure has a removal tool that should get rid of it. Good luck out there."

To read the entire article to go http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/116396.
Remember to practice safe surfing...