**Virus: Conflicker**
 

Conflicer Computer Virus
Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/conficker.asp

Microsoft security patch:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/com...icker.mspx#EUB

For those who do updates regularly it should be fine. Otherwise it is time to update your comp. A decent anti-virus program will protect your comp as well.

thanks for the heads up, saw this on 60minutes on Sunday, sounds like some serious stuff.

updated microsoft updated bitdefender

Holy shit...time to get another copy of Kaspersky. How does it get into your computer if you don't use a usb or internet?

yeah i saw it on 60 minutes as well.. but i never click those stupid links people send me on FB/msn though lol.
so many of my friends are already hit by this..

My cousin's so scared she unplugged her internet :lol

hahah nice

but depending on the seriousness of this worm, you might not need to--your modem is hooked up to your router.
apparently people are doing that this time because it seems pretty serious.
a couple of my tekkie friends have also unplugged their internets.

Lol, im avoiding the computer that day. If not, no porn.

whats a good free antivirus program? i used to have norton on my laptop but it kept annoying me so i deleted it. i have nothing right now :|.

^nod 32 is awesome

tomorrow is D-Day so to speak
the virus is suppose to contact servers tomorrow to get updates.

so this virus only effects computers eh?

What do you mean by that? You mean does it affect things other than computers? (like cell phones, microwaves, fridges?) :D

It's mainly Windows based PC's that will be affected if they are infected with the virus.

If you want to be careful, run Windows update today and make sure you're patched up. Get a decent AV program. I use Avira - it's free and pretty highly rated. Make sure it's updated. Do a scan of your computer.

Grab a copy of Malwarebytes and Spybot. Update and run a scan.

And, finally, if you're not satisfied that you're clean after all that, you can always head over to the McAfee site here and download the Stinger scan engine that searches specifically for the Conficker (and it's variants).

The virus is going to attack tomorrow? I updated everything and scanned, it seemed to be fine so far

Some frigging reason I can't sign on my msn.. I hope it isn't a virus working up.. Says my contact list isnt available

It's supposed to get an "update" on what/who/where to attack tomorrow. I think the worst case scenario would be that it attacks tomorrow, but it's not certain that tomorrow is the attack date.

The internet is serious business.

fuck im scared :(

technically, it was "tomorrow" for all of Asia and half of Europe a couple hours ago.
so far, I've seen nothing though.

Y2K scare: Part Deux

Seriously, how serious can this really be. Just reformat your PC if you get infected with a virus. Or buy a new computer if it's that bad.

hmm. is this an april fools joke?
possibly? tomorrow is april fools.. haha

I haven't even used an anti-virus program since 2004 because I hated how it took up resources in the background and would randomly have popups blocking so many applications.
I've decided I'll be my anti-virus.

So far, never had a virus. Probably won't get infected by this one, since it's probably a hoax. Although Snopes is supposely a good source in detecting myth or not...
I'll let you guys know if I get hit tomorrow, but I'm not planning to take any extra precautions, because my hunch is that it's probably nothing.

^but even the microsoft website mentions about the Conflicer virus

theyre offering 250000 dollars

In that case... it's pretty damn legit then. lol
Unless microsoft is pulling some April's Fool joke on everyone, which is really gonna piss a lot of people off. So not a smart idea on their part.

But how long is this supposed to last?

i'm scared, my norton anti-virus isn't up to date and my mcafee sucks