Happy St. Valentine's Day, Eyeryone - Avoid The Worm!

I hope that everyone and their significant others enjoyed the day with family and/or friends - I did.

Here's a link to the patch for the Conficker/Downadup worm - http://certifiedbug.com/blog/2009/01/15/downadup-worm-conficker-apply-the-patch/ - Microsoft is offering a quarter of a million dollars for the identity or the author of this infection.

Until there is a downside to infecting personal computers with stupid malware, this nonsense will continue. Let's treat these individuals as harshly as one treats a purse-snatcher - you'll see an end to this stupidity.

Here's another utility to use from Symantec.