McAfee, Norton, AVG and Kaspersky have detection for Conficker built into their standard engines. However, we’ve been finding that in some cases the standard scanners do not see Conficker, given its polymorphous nature. For this reason, I would recommend trying the Conficker scanner that Tillman Werner and Felix Leder have released. This free tool, written in python, can be used to scan a list of IP addresses (can be kept in a flat file called iplist.txt). It’s fairly simple and straight forward and can be used to run through and scan all the systems on your network as an additional fail safe. Remember, the countdown to what could be the biggest April Fools joke ever (if it doesn’t do anything that is, which seems pretty likely) is ticking.
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