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Postby matsumo itsu » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:15 pm

Hey has anyone heard of the new computer virus, i'm unsure of the name but i know some of the details, it's got 5-10 million computers according to cnn, and microsoft has put a reward for who ever gives information leading to the creator(s) of $250,000. This information is from cnn and none of which i have found out myself, now some rumors my friends have heard was it's either from china, australia, or Russia, i'm not positive if it's true, spread rumors from my friends.

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Postby TheAppleFreak » Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:50 pm

It's called the Conficker worm, which is one of the most dangerous Windows viruses around to date.
I'm glad that I can't get it, becuase Macintosh is epically immune to viruses.
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Postby matsumo itsu » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:17 pm

do you know of the effect of the conficker worm?

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Postby ccbtimewiz » Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:03 pm

This is why Linux pwns Windows. ;)
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Postby TheLQ » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:54 pm

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Postby Chupathingy » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:18 am

Apparently it's a nasty worm that get's in and spreads like crazy (I know that’s not much of a description, but then again that's what viruses do)

It is particularly nasty from what I was reading because it not only has very powerfully spreading mechanisms, but has just as nasty defense systems. The latest version being able to kill various mal-ware killing processes and stopping windows from doing things like self updates, error checks. It also can spread to external devices (thumb drives, external hard drives) and to other computers via P2P I believe.

Thankfully Microsoft and the various virus scan companies have made some good patches and updates.

If you're worried about it, go and do a windows update yourself, update all your viral stuff and do a full system scan. Still want to know more. Check out the wiki HERE if you wish.

Btw... here is a picture of the apparent virus code.
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