comp/net virus protection

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Originally Posted by mbpark

The latest MS patches from January guard against Conficker.

Some AV programs do not detect it. I believe AVG does.

Conficker exists because some did not download the MS patches. The problem gets worse, as I understand it. The latest patches would not download if Conficker has already disabled Microsoft Automatic Updates, downloads using www.windowsupdate.com, and a few other Windows programs. A conundrum.

Apparently Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal tool and Symantec do detect Conficker. But that means the January version of the Malicious Software Removal tool must be downloaded manually from www.microsoft.com/downloads .

Above is what I have read; not confirmed. However this could be a benchmark for which anti-virus products are better.