April Fools Worm

April Fools Worm

I got this from our IT guys here at work, so I am passing along:

“There is an computer worm infecting Microsoft operating systems that is scheduled to go off on April 1. Microsoft has released a patch to prevent computers from being infected. If everyone could please download this patch immediately it would be highly appreciated. This is considered a high priority update and should preempt anything you are currently doing. Linux and Mac’s are not affected.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/24/conficker.computer.worm/index.html

Download Patch here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx”

Also a Scanner and Removal tool
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/worm_w32_downadup_al.shtml