Conflicker Worm Virus

St. Lou Stu · 04-01-2009, 10:09 AM

I think it flicks con?

No one knows. That is why it is a buncha BS hype. There are dangerous virii out there every day, this one is just being associated with April fools day so the media is having a field day.

All my opinion, of course.

04-01-2009, 10:15 AM

Was the virus going to do something today?

AD720 · 04-01-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353

What does it do?

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Originally Posted by St. Lou Stu

I think it flicks con?

No one knows. That is why it is a buncha BS hype. There are dangerous virii out there every day, this one is just being associated with April fools day so the media is having a field day.

All my opinion, of course.

Like Stu said, no one really knows. But when you consider how large of a botnet it is (something like 8% of all the PCs in the world) there is some reason for concern. Really it is only going to affect far out of date systems.

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Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox

Was the virus going to do something today?

If I understand it correctly today was the day that it was supposedly going to start recieving messages from those that control the botnet. Again, no one really knows.

04-01-2009, 10:25 AM

So it was just sitting in the weeds waiting for a command. Usually viruses already have commands when sent out.

Conch Republican · 04-01-2009, 10:38 AM

Or as someone pointed out - it might be a big April Fools Day joke...but better safe than sorry as far as I am concerned (especially with 20,000+ computers not counting servers)

Have a cigar and some popcorn - and wait and see what happens

04-01-2009, 10:09 AM	#1
St. Lou Stu Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Tim Location: Belleville, IL (St. Louis) Posts: 2,304 Trading: (21)	Re: Conflicker Worm Virus I think it flicks con? No one knows. That is why it is a buncha BS hype. There are dangerous virii out there every day, this one is just being associated with April fools day so the media is having a field day. All my opinion, of course. __________________ Pretending to play golf since 1989

04-01-2009, 10:15 AM	#2
ChicagoWhiteSox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conflicker Worm Virus Was the virus going to do something today?

04-01-2009, 10:25 AM	#4
ChicagoWhiteSox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Conflicker Worm Virus So it was just sitting in the weeds waiting for a command. Usually viruses already have commands when sent out.

04-01-2009, 10:38 AM	#5
Conch Republican 10-78 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 2,879 Trading: (60)	Re: Conflicker Worm Virus Or as someone pointed out - it might be a big April Fools Day joke...but better safe than sorry as far as I am concerned (especially with 20,000+ computers not counting servers) Have a cigar and some popcorn - and wait and see what happens __________________ "Ceiling fan stirs the air, the cigar smoke does swirl" --Jimmy Buffett You can help out and win some cool stuff in the 2016 Troop Support supplies contest!