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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.
n 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 blatantly stolen from web.
Just my opinion and experience.
Don Bosman