Comments | ferrousoxide: Windows Users: Important!!

ferrousoxide

Windows Users: Important!!

Mar 24, 2009 21:10

Next week, at 8pm EST/00:00 GST, the Conficker worm will download its next code update..
This from databeast, he's a pro, trust his judgment ( Read more... )

Comments 11

sandokai March 25 2009, 02:20:01 UTC

Why isn't it more all over the media?

Hmmm, should we stop using PC's at work?

ferrousoxide March 25 2009, 02:23:41 UTC

I'd hope whomever does your IT both keeps them updated and also runs virus software, firewalls, and the like, ne?

ferrousoxide March 25 2009, 02:26:16 UTC

And it looks like it's all over the tech media, in addition to being in the NYT a few days back. Just not on most of the mainstream outlets, who don't usually track these things anyway, as far as i can tell. No one knows if it's a scare tactic/April Fool's joke or something deadly serious. Better safe than sorry though.

elegantelbow March 25 2009, 04:18:03 UTC

should we stop using PC's at work?

Depending on where you work and how you work, you might consider whether Linux would be a more effective platform.

br0ken_dolly March 25 2009, 02:45:27 UTC

mind if i repost this?

ferrousoxide March 25 2009, 03:10:25 UTC

Not at all. And databeast actively wanted people to repost it. "The More You Know," and all that.

br0ken_dolly March 25 2009, 03:11:06 UTC

excellent!

this is some crazy shit.

More conficker links gothaminserenia March 25 2009, 06:36:02 UTC

You know, if these genius hackers really need my 50 kbps of dialup to power their "fearsome" botnet, then I must be driving them nuts given how frequently I pick up & drop the connection.

Anyway, a mainstream media article, dated today ...
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2009-03-24-conficker-computer-worm_N.htm

Annoyingly, it took forever to find out what OS's are affected ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

Dangit, usually the hackers go gunning for XP & Vista now, you'd think I'd be off the hook with Win2000. But at least it's still faster & has nine less years of Microsoft bloatware.

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ferrousoxide March 25 2009, 14:04:44 UTC

The thing's already running rampant enough, and very hard to clear, evidently.

It's also sort of a virus tradition for nasties to go off April 1. The joke, of course, being "haha, we infected your ass."

djsparkydog March 25 2009, 15:17:08 UTC

Nailed this 0 day.