Some of the variants of Conficker worm are present with extensions: .a,.b,.c,.d, and .e. The worm was supposed to create havoc on 1st April. However, this was a hoax and the worm was present even before 1st April 2009 and still creating havoc. Your computer may get infected by this worm if you have security holes on your computer, don?t have latest security updates, or don?t have updated anti-virus software.

The Conficker exploits vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server Service and spreads via LAN, WAN, or removable drives. It makes its eradication difficult by creating schedule tasks and uses Autorun feature of Windows to recreate itself. It slows down your computer, locks users out of the system directories, downloads malicious code to your computer, and denies access to the shared drives of the administrator.

How to Remove Conficker Worm

You can remove the virus both manually and by using a specialized removal tool. To remove it manually, you need to:

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Beware Of Fake Anti-Virus And Anti-Spyware Programs

The upshot of having Smitfraud infecting your system is that when you boot your computer, the fake spyware begins to scan your system after which it will then report the presence of viruses or spyware on your system. To succeed in Smitfraud removal, you may need to use programs such as Spyware Doctor otherwise you could easily get duped into using malicious anti-spyware programs such as Spysherif and even Sysprotect.

Fortunately, you will not have much difficulty in being able to find a number of free-to-use tools which are dedicated to help you out, which though they can help remove Smitfraud from your system, are not much use when it concerns other type of spyware for which you would need to use proper anti-spyware clients.

However, if you need a good free Smitfraud removal tool, and then why not check out Smitfraudfix which though effective, will only work fifty percent of the times it is used, and Smitfraud may in fact return and re-infect your computer unless you check out and use more potent anti-spyware programs such as Spyware Doctor

Spyware Doctor is a good program with which to remove spyware and numerous other malware including browser hijackers as well as helps defend you against phishing attacks. In fact, you will also find it to be easy to use and it is also not very resource heavy and in addition, you can easily update Spyware Doctor though its SmartUpdate feature to ensure that you always have the latest version working against Smitfraud. It also comes with a useful feature known as OnGuard that helps in protecting your computer in real time and because it also has a number of tools to keep a closer check on potential spyware attacks, you should be able to get rid of Smitfraud effectively and completely.