This Conficker virus is a legitimate virus threat which should be taken seriously. Scheduled to go active on April 1st, 2009 the virus has online communities on alert speculating about potential effects.
Office PCs:
If your system has requested a reboot please do so immediately to apply the latest patches your I.T. team has pushed out to your system.
As is always the case be diligent when opening e-mail attachments from unknown sources or browsing web pages and notify I.T. team members of unexpected or suspicious activity.
Home PC:
To protect your home system, first patch the vulnerability using the link provided by Microsoft which corresponds to your operating system:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
Once completed you can download the latest updates for your Anti Virus software and then perform a complete scan.
If you have any problems or questions upgrading contact Christian Geeks and we will assist you to resolve them. Call us at (817) 605-1819 or http://www.christiangeeks.com.
For more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker
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