Our computer expert on “April Fools virus”

Bruce Richardson email: You may have heard about the Conflicker virus scheduled for launch tomorrow on April Fool’s Day. The good news is that it is easy to tell if you have the virus on your machine. The virus has actually already been launched and is scheduled to update itself tomorrow.

If you get on the Internet and go to www.symantec.com or www.mcafee.com – if you can reach these sites, then you are already protected. Part of the virus action is to block these sites from access.

Both Norton and Mcafee as well as Microsoft have patches for the virus and have included them in their automatic updates since January.

If you can reach these sites, then you are as protected as you can be today.

If you cannot reach these sites, you may be infected and will likely need some assistance