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Posted on January 26, 2009 | tags

 
 

Tech: The Downadup virus: fast-spreading but easily-preventable

  • 15 million PCs have been hit by the Downadup virus, mostly in Europe and China
  • last October was when Microsoft released the patch that prevents Downadup from spreading source
 
  • http://pbarnhart.wordpress.com/ PhilB

    After downadup infects your computer, you can no longer download updates from Microsoft and most antivirus software vendors. One thing the virus does is block requests from you computer to these web sites. Alternative downloads can be found at http://www.downadup.com, along with tools for disabling AutoPlay, and repairing the registry.

  • http://pbarnhart.wordpress.com PhilB

    After downadup infects your computer, you can no longer download updates from Microsoft and most antivirus software vendors. One thing the virus does is block requests from you computer to these web sites. Alternative downloads can be found at http://www.downadup.com, along with tools for disabling AutoPlay, and repairing the registry.

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