I seem to recall the worm has no payload.
Just check if your PC is trying to connect to an unknown website and stop it from doing so; you're the owner, you can pull the plug on the internet connection or the power supply or the router or whatever. The 1337 hax0r scr!p7 k!dd!3 who infected you has the software, but not the hardware.
In fact, if the worm isn't allowed to contact them, I remember that the hacker doesn't actually know the PC is infected and can't use it.
EDIT I don't know how much of the above I wrote is true, but I do know disconnecting your computer is a way to stop it to buy time for the repairman to come.
Have a look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker#Removal
And this:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx
Might be helpful.
It's not the end of the world, though.
It's just a worm. At worst, your PC will be converted into part of a botnet; send it to get repaired by a qualified repair company and POOF! No more worm.
Permalink | March 31, 2009, 6:39 pm
