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| 25 Mar 2009 08:05 PM |
This article On yahoo explains what the conficker dude is talking about.
"In an event that hits the computer world only once every few years, security experts are racing against time to mitigate the impact of a bit of malware which is set to wreak havoc on a hard-coded date. As is often the case, that date is April 1.
Malware creators love to target April Fool's Day with their wares, and the latest worm, called Conficker C, could be one of the most damaging attacks we've seen in years.
Conficker first bubbled up in late 2008 and began making headlines in January as known infections topped 9 million computers. Now in its third variant, Conficker C, the worm has grown incredibly complicated, powerful, and virulent... though no one is quite sure exactly what it will do when D-Day arrives.
Thanks in part to a quarter-million-dollar bounty on the head of the writer of the worm, offered by Microsoft, security researchers are aggressively digging into the worm's code as they attempt to engineer a cure or find the writer before the deadline. What's known so far is that on April 1, all infected computers will come under the control of a master machine located somewhere across the web, at which point anything's possible. Will the zombie machines become denial of service attack pawns, steal personal information, wipe hard drives, or simply manifest more traditional malware pop-ups and extortion-like come-ons designed to sell you phony security software? No one knows.
Conficker is clever in the way it hides its tracks because it uses an enormous number of URLs to communicate with HQ. The first version of Conficker used just 250 addresses each day -- which security researchers and ICANN simply bought and/or disabled -- but Conficker C will up the ante to 50,000 addresses a day when it goes active, a number which simply can't be tracked and disabled by hand.
At this point, you should be extra vigilant about protecting your PC: Patch Windows completely through Windows Update and update your anti-malware software as well. Make sure your antivirus software is actually running too, as Conficker may have disabled it. "
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Dignity
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:08 PM |
| I've heard about this. That's why i'm not going to be using the computer when that day arrives :) |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:19 PM |
| Yeah, and for those who do, be wary |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:23 PM |
| THANKS! I didn't even know about this. |
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whathe12
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:23 PM |
| So that's what that spam account is. |
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Are745
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:24 PM |
| It's ok, I reported the spam account to the center for homeland security, he should be in prision after they Ip check him and learn where he lives |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:25 PM |
| Cold mold on my plate. I keep an eye on every single security report on any virus/worm/malware/retarded software. So, I knew about this 10 seconds after the report came out. |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:26 PM |
Thats why I'm playing Call of Duty World at War on the wii all day ^_^. I NEED LEVEL 4 PRESTIGE ._.
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zoydude
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:40 PM |
| He's probably not the creator. Due to a quarter million dollar bounty on his head he wouldn't expose himself like that. It's a scare-warn. |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:41 PM |
| No wireless adapter on = no interwebs, no interwebs = no untracked downloads. If you are so paranoid, feel free to turn off your wireless adapter or disconnect your network cables. As for me, I'm doing nothing, I already have the first conficker bottled up, no need to use another. |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:43 PM |
| wow. thats scary. my cp is in danger. thanks for the info buddy. ^_^ |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:45 PM |
Im not too scared by rumors. Due to the fact that this is extremly annoying to hear. I have never nor will I ever care about those people. If I come in contact with them There will be a 911 call on the way.
~SIVIII |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:48 PM |
I haz a fiawall. I shall set those malware on fire.
~SIVIII |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:49 PM |
| I will be on a camping trip that weekend =D |
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| 25 Mar 2009 08:50 PM |
| April 1 is on a Wednesday. |
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| 26 Mar 2009 01:38 PM |
| Snopes confirms it. Even TV networks say its no joke. It could disable Anti-virus, we don't know. And don't think it's safe when the 1st ends. Thats only the time its set to release. |
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| 26 Mar 2009 01:43 PM |
| Would a firewall help? O_o |
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| 26 Mar 2009 01:54 PM |
| Maybe. But they think it might be capable of disabling such things. |
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| 26 Mar 2009 01:56 PM |
| Well, I like my firewall (CA Personal Firewall, it allows me to completely shut off network activity if need be, if I were ever to actually get the worm despite being as protected as can be), so I feel safe. |
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| 26 Mar 2009 01:57 PM |
I'm gonna destroy your Hardware! :D
Kidding, I'll be leaving now... *leaves C4* |
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