Let’s wait for Facebook to block the URL.

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Download AVG LinkScanner to protect yourself from visiting malicious websites via Google and other search engines. AVG LinkScanner places a green tick mark next to safe results and a red flag next to malicious and unsafe pages. Have a look:

Download AVG LinkScanner

Go here to download AVG Link Scanner for your computer and protect yourself from the web’s biggest threats. I think it’s a must have software for anyone on Windows.

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Now, Techie Buzz has brought into light another Conficker removal tool released by renowned anti-virus and security company McAfee. They’ve released a Conficker removal tool by the name Stinger which scans and removes 11 trojans and their variants, including Conficker.

Stinger Conficker Remover [Direct Link]

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McAfee’s Stinger – Conficker Removal Tool

Conficker – It’s lurking in millions of PCs around the world. It’s incredibly sophisticated and resilient, with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology. It revels in killing security software. On April 1, the Conficker worm will activate. Giz explains.

Conficker (aka Downadup), that began towards the end of last year as just another worm with no big intentions, has grown by leaps and bounds that security experts find it almost impossible to destroy it now. It disables antivirus updates and Windows updates as well.

If you’re infected, you’re in big trouble because the worm has been programmed to get instructions from a server exactly on April 1. Anything could happen as the New York Times puts it:

Speculation about Conficker’s purpose ranges from the benign — an April Fool’s Day prank — to far darker notions. One likely possibility is that the program will be used in the “rent-a-computer-crook” business.

So is there a way out? Can you remove the Conficker worm safely from your computer? Yes, you can get rid of it if you’ve patched Windows with security updates. Keep your fingers crossed, and try these two methods to remove the Conficker worm from your computer:

Remove Conficker using the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool

• Download Microsoft’s malicious software removal tool from here
• Disconnect from the internet
• Install and run the program to try and remove the Conficker worm

Remove Conficker using Symantec’s Removal Tools

• Download the W32.Downadup removal tool by Symantec from here
• Disable System Restore and disconnect from the internet
• Run that tool and click ‘Start’ to begin the process of scanning and removing the Conficker worm (if found).
• After the tool does its job, restart your computer and run the scan again using the same tool to check if the worm has gone

Symantec also recommends you to review details of W32.Downadup.B and W32.Downadup!autorun. Symantec’s Conficker removal tool also tells you to install a patch for MS 08-067 vulnerability if it hasn’t been installed yet.

I’m not sure if these two tools can aid in the removal of the Conficker worm completely. Educate me in the comments if you’ve got any information.

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How to remove the Conficker worm?

Keep the following tips in mind so that the next time you’re accessing the internet via a public centre, you can be more safe.

Avoid Keyloggers

Besides being a host to viruses and trojans, public computers are also homes to keyloggers – programs that monitor every keystroke you press, and probably even take screenshots and transmit them to hackers. Remember: every key that you press is being logged, so how do you prevent this from happening?

Thanks to Technospot.net, there’s a simple trick that can be used to efficiently fool keyloggers. What you have to do is this: enter a few characters in the passwords box, select them with your cursor, type the first letter of your real password. You repeat the first two steps, and then press the second letter.

Or there’s another better method: Get Nero SafeKeys. Put the .exe file in your USB Drive. Or download it when you’re in the public computer, and then do your job.

With Nero SafeKeys, you can efficiently avoid keyloggers in public computers – it’s an onscreen keyboard. You use your cursor to select the right characters, and then all of them appear in the Nero SafeKeys window (hidden in asterisks). You drag and drop them in the right field. This way, you didn’t enter a key, and nothing got logged.

Use an alternative Browser

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Avoid using Internet Explorer. Use an alternative browser. IE is more prone to malicious attacks than Firefox or Opera. If the computer you’re using has a browser other than IE installed, don’t forget to use it.

You can also get a portable version of Firefox (only a few computers have USB ports, so this might be useless sometimes) that runs from your portable disk. You can carry the customized version wherever you go.

Don’t store login information

When the browser asks you whether you want the passwords to be saved, immediately ignore. You don’t want your account to be accessible by others, do you?

Clear Cookies & History, Log Off

Make sure you log off from all your online accounts before you leave the system. If you don’t sign out, any body else could misuse your account. Never forget to sign out.

Also, if you downloaded any important documents while browsing make sure you delete them as well.

Use a Live CD

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I’ve spoken about this before, but I want to stress this once again. Grab a Linux Distro ISO from here, burn it onto a CD. Pop it into the computer you’re on, and you have a whole new OS. So safe that you don’t have to care about the other methods I’ve mentioned above.

Everything is read only, so you don’t leave a trace. And moreover, viruses don’t attack Linux the way they’re widespread in Windows, so it’s guaranteed that you’re very much safe.

But not all cyber cafes these days give access to CD Drives though. Some of them even have stripped down PCs that have very less RAM so this is something that you can’t rely on.

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