Microsoft have released a tool to remove well known software worms affecting their platform; they call it the "Malicious Software Removal Tool". The tool runs on Windows 2000, XP and 2003 only (Windows Me, which you would think to be a widespread consumer OS run by people most in need of any such software, is obviously out of date).
New releases of the "Removal Tool" are planned on a monthly basis for the second Tuesday of each month. What an interesting concept. Obviously, we will see the next generation of Windows worms on the second Tuesday of each month - guaranteeing them at least 30 days of worldwide attacks with the users interested in this offering wrongly feeling safe.
Wrongly feeling safe is worse than being at risk!
 | Microsoft's current Security Program Manager, Jesper M. Johansson, seems to look at things slightly differently, as he reveals in a Microsoft TechNet article - and this guy is actually right here, without any doubt: "You can’t clean a compromised system by using some “vulnerability remover.”" |