conficker virus

Computer users beware, security experts have warned that the deadly Internet worm Conficker C is all set to strike back on April 1. According to Graham Cluley of security firm Sophos, Conficker C is programmed "to hunt for new instructions on April 1".

In January, the virus had infected more than nine million computers worldwide and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily.

Here’s all about this virus: what it does, how it spreads, symptoms that you have been hit and also how to escape it.