Commies are no Match Against Conficker USB Worm

It was bound to happen, some malware is managing to extend its stay in our Windows systems by infecting USB drives. Recent reports show that Conficker is still around and rapidly propagating, especially in China. Conficker (a.k.a. Downandup) exists as quite a few variants, but one of the ones that's proving hard to kill is a variant that plants itself onto USB drives. It then tricks you into launching it by writing a special autolaunch file. That autorun.inf file mimics the standard "browse drive" dialog that pops up most of the time when you insert a new disc or CD drive. Clicking on the prompt reinfects the computer. Now it's fairly easy to disinfect the computer but it's another task altogether to disinfect every flash drive and memory card that's ever been attached to an infected computer.