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First, don't panic. If 60 Minutes is hyping something as life threatening, I'd run out and buy it. I used to respect 60 Minutes until they gored one of my oxen and I found what they will do to build a story. And I do mean story. I've seen conflicker in action and cleared it from several machines for relatives in the last couple of weeks. One I got switched over to Linux. I've found Sunbelt Software's VIPRE to work in removing Conflicker. On the whole I find a lot to like in VIPRE. An immediate download for every one - now, really! - is VIPRE Rescue Program. http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/ Make a Bart's PE or other bootable CD so you can run this as a command line tool. If you put it on a USB thumb drive, set it to read only. Ok, How do I know I'm dealing with conflicker and not just a PITA virus? First clue is that you can't get to several of the following sites. I've left off the http://www and .com so I don't have to type it so many times. ;-) antivir antivirus ca f-secure kaspersky mcafee microsoft norton panda symantec technet trendmicro windowsupdate Lots of PITA virii or malwares take out some security sites, but this one takes out almost every security site. * CLAM AV seems to work too, by the way but on a Windows box it takes sooooooooooooooooooo long to run I haven't tried it on more than one. 2nd clue - services that should be on, are disabled. <<Picture (Device Independent Bitmap)>> Picture blatantly stolen from web. Just my opinion and experience. Don Bosman