April Fools?

[Brando14100]

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464


8-)

[tcco94]

This makes me really worried.  :-/
I wont be signing on alot of stuff tommrow and im going to tell my parents to not either and to not buy alot of stuff either online with their credit card.

[BAW0343]

[quote]This makes me really worried.

[tcco94]

[quote][quote]This makes me really worried.

[Scorpiоn]

I haven't gotten this pumped up from the news since the Russia/Georgia debacle.  It would truly be hilarious if it deleted itself.

[expat]

[quote][quote]This makes me really worried.

[BAW0343]

[quote][quote][quote]This makes me really worried.

[Scorpiоn]

If/when it does ever activate, hopefully it'll irreversibly corrupt Myspace.  Not that the site wasn't already bankrupt and corrupt to start with. Who said viruses could do no good, huh?

[specter177]

"Hey, I made a virus that will destroy every computer it touches, and it's set to go off today!" "Really?" "No, April Fools!"

[tcco94]

"Hey, I made a virus that will destroy every computer it touches, and it's set to go off today!" "Really?" "No, April Fools!"

Seems that might be what happen...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 16R1EJ.DTL

[basys]

Hi Folks

Not a joke.

re: Checking for infection.
The conflicker worm blocks access to specific security websites.

That makes it extremely easy to test whether you're infected.

Just access the Conficker Eye Chart page in your browser.

It calls images from 6 security websites,
which allows you to instantly see if you're infected by Conflicker.

HTH
ATB
Paul

[Wii]

I'm not worrying about it. Think about it:
A worm infects 15 million computers.
They activate and recieve information from maybe 7 million due to antivirus programs.
What, exactly, are they going to do with that much data? Spend hours searching for your hidden credit card password? Ha....
Odds are low but all who were smart enough to have antispyware/virus/adware/etc are already safe.

Tcco, the odds are higher that you would have another virus infecting your computer and most (if not the conficker worm) are smart enough to keylog instead of gather information, which means they already know all of your information. Again the odds are low and with adequate protection you will be fine.

[tcco94]

Tcco, the odds are higher that you would have another virus infecting your computer and most (if not the conficker worm) are smart enough to keylog instead of gather information, which means they already know all of your information. Again the odds are low and with adequate protection you will be fine.

A great point given there!
8-)

[Mazza]

Hi Folks

Not a joke.

re: Checking for infection.
The conflicker worm blocks access to specific security websites.

That makes it extremely easy to test whether you're infected.

Just access the Conficker Eye Chart page in your browser.

It calls images from 6 security websites,
which allows you to instantly see if you're infected by Conflicker.

HTH
ATB
Paul

Yay I'm not Infected

[Scorpiоn]

When in doubt, reformat.