It's raining free Conficker protection: get it now!

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 31 March 2009 08:04

Business IT - Technology

The dreaded Conficker worm is constantly in the news these days, with consumers and businesses worldwide now bracing themselves for another expected attack from the malicious worm predicted to sweep the Internet on April Fool’s Day tomorrow.

Security firms are busy warning about the April Fool’s Day  threat from a new variant of the worm, and today BitDefender announcing the availability of a free Conficker/Downadup removal tool for business networks, just a day after Trend Micro said it was also offering free protection against Conficker.

BitDefender’s announcement follows yesterday’s pitch by competitor, Trend Micro, as reported by iTWire -  http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24128/1231/ - offering free protection against the new variant expected to be launched by “cyberfools” tomorrow.

BitDefender says it has launched a free tool that will remove all versions of the Conficker (or Downadup) worm on business workstations and networks.
 
Vlad Valceanu, BitDefender’s senior malware analyst says the Conficker removal tool was first available for home users last week, and now the company has added a similar removal tool for business networks.
 
“BitDefender’s unique network removal tool is scalable and can be used by networks of various sizes. The tool allows IT administrators to easily and centrally remove the Conficker worm from business networks without the need to run a local removal tool on each machine, thus avoiding the risks of the worm spreading throughout the network again.
 
“Businesses worldwide can experience significant losses in productivity or network downtime due to the Conficker worm, which is simply unacceptable for any business, especially in the current economic climate. BitDefender supports businesses around the globe that are infected by the worm by offering this free and easy-to-use removal tool.”
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