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2. Wikipedia : Reference desk/Computer/Viruses/MajorUpdate

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   Reformat your hard disk and install a fresh copy of Windows. This will delete everything on your hard disk, so be sure you have backed up everything of value. (Preferably you will have actually backed up everything, just in case.) Boot up your computer with the Windows disc (or the "recovery disc") in the drive.

3. Timeline of computer viruses and worms - Wikipedia

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   The Rabbit (or Wabbit) virus, more a fork bomb than a virus, is written. The Rabbit virus makes multiple copies of itself on a single computer (and was named "rabbit" for the speed at which it did so) until it clogs the system, reducing system performance, before finally reaching a threshold and crashing the computer. [10]

4. Malicious Software Removal Tool - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a freeware second-opinion malware scanner that Microsoft's Windows Update downloads and runs on Windows computers each month, independent of the installed antivirus software.

5. Windows users are being tricked by sneaky malware scheme - AOL

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   Click on the Start menu and select Settings (or press the Windows key + I shortcut). In the Settings window, click on Update & Security. Under the "Windows Update" section, click on Check for updates.

6. Conficker - Wikipedia

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   Conficker, also known as Downup, Downadup and Kido, is a computer worm targeting the Microsoft Windows operating system that was first detected in November 2008. [2] It uses flaws in Windows OS software (MS08-067 / CVE-2008-4250) [3] [4] and dictionary attacks on administrator passwords to propagate while forming a botnet, and has been unusually difficult to counter because of its combined use ...

7. Sality - Wikipedia

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   Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors, which target Windows executable files with the extensions .EXE or .SCR. [1] Sality utilizes polymorphic and entry-point obscuring (EPO) techniques to infect files using the following methods: not changing the entry point address of the host, and replacing the original host code at the entry point of the executable with a variable stub to ...