FAQ

Q: Am I safe if I don’t go to questionable web sites?

A: No. The Conficker worm seeks out computers on the same network. You can be in a coffee shop, an airport or in the office and the worm will quietly try to attach to your computer and run itself.

Q: How do I know if I am infected?

A: The best way to know if you are infected is to run a good antivirus product. Symptoms that may indicate you are infected include your being blocked from accessing the web sites of most security companies,

Q: Can’t I just run free antivirus software?

A: Yes, but they’re not thorough or comprehensive. While some of the legitimate free antivirus products aren’t bad at detecting viruses in files, theyonly provide basic protection, in general they are weak at detecting modern threats such as drive-by-downloads, malicious web sites and intrusion attempts. Worse, the internet is overflowing with fake free security scanners that actually infect your computer. Fake scanners such as “Antivirus 2008” are difficult to identify and have plagued hundreds of thousands of users around the world.