April 1 MASS VIRUS?

[toppymoney]

My friend called me freaking out about this which made the front page of Yahoo but i question its legitimacy. Your opinion?

Prevent the Conficker worm


The nasty attack that may capture passwords and credit card numbers is set for April 1.


Last-minute Conficker survival guide

Christopher Nul






Looks to me like a bunch of carp.

 

[trigatch4]

I've seen much better info on Conficker C... I'm sure others could provide links...

 

[toppymoney]

but is this virus magical, aka bypasses protection software? I told my friend to not worry about it.....

 

[TFLNetwork]

uh mac ftw

 

[toppymoney]

uh mac ftw

unfortunately im a tried and true windows guy....

 

[turbolapp]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/technology/internet/01virus.html?hp

Here's what I got from this article:We don't know if anything has happened, or what will happen or when something happens what will happen when it happens....but be very afraid.

 

[Rage9]

Linux ftw!
I still use windows for gaming but still.

 

[markus]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/technology/internet/01virus.html?hp

Here's what I got from this article:We don't know if anything has happened, or what will happen or when something happens what will happen when it happens....but be very afraid.

y2k deja vu

 

[Netphase]

OpenDNS. They are blocking the sites that it contacts and alerting users that are infected I believe.

OpenDNS Blog Worried about Conficker on April 1? Setting up OpenDNS can protect your network.

 

[1nspire]

Here is a good site to checkout Conficker Virus information

The segment from 60 minutes is on there.

 

[amanda11]

For some reason I keep reading it as cockflicker. And I'm like "hell yeah, now that's a good worm/trojan horse name"

 

[volknet]

I will be surprised if anything major happens.

 

[Hpwandrew]

internet 9/11?

 

[nachoninja]

put on your tinfoil hats

 

[joshmv]

I watched the segment about Conficker on 60 minutes, and Norton seemed to be moderately worried about it.

I only work on macs though so hopefully its nothing I need to worry about but it will be pretty interesting to see what happens if they actually tell it to start stealing personal info.

 

[sumitdhawan09]

Hello friends,

It possible all computer it infect will see site of spinning penis?

Good luck bros

 

[toppymoney]

I watched the segment about Conficker on 60 minutes, and Norton seemed to be moderately worried about it.

I only work on macs though so hopefully its nothing I need to worry about but it will be pretty interesting to see what happens if they actually tell it to start stealing personal info.

The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next? - CBS News

 

[elime]

What won't work? Turning your PC off tonight and back on on April 2 will not protect you from the worm (sorry to the dozens of people who wrote me asking if this would do the trick).

We'll be marketing crap to idiots for years to come. Things like this always make me smile.

 

[Mike619]

avg will do the trick right?

 

[clashctyrokr]

Thank God I don't use computers!