The Downadup virus: fast-spreading but easily-preventable

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Posted on January 26, 2009 | tags

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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

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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.