Conficker Virus

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Conficker Virus; Lookout
Topic Started: Apr 1 2009, 11:27 AM (59 Views)
SpartanSinister	Apr 1 2009, 11:27 AM Post #1
Specialist Posts: 652 Group: Moderator Member #3 Joined: January 21, 2007 XBL Gamertag SpartanSinister What I'm playing: Nothing really for now.	Supposedly there is this virus that has been chilling in our computers for some time now waiting until April 1st, April Fools Day, to do 'something big', or maybe it's a joke and nothing will happen. 'We're less than a day away from a global computer meltdown — or a terrific April Fool's joke. At some point on April 1, the Conficker virus, which has quietly infected millions of PCs worldwide to herd them into a "botnet" of linked machines, will phone home for new instructions. What it'll do next is anyone's guess. It could muster enough silicon firepower to take down any Web site on the planet, or send out enough spam to fill the inboxes of every e-mail user on Earth. It could offer itself up to the highest bidder, mostly likely an Eastern European cybercriminal. Or it could do what it's been doing for months — nothing. "The biggest mystery about Conficker is 'Why?' What exactly is it that these bad guys are planning to do with it?" asked security expert Mikko Hypponen, of the Finnish company F-Secure, in a conversation with the Times of London. Since last fall, the worm — it spreads on its own, not by human action — has spread through governmental institutions, including the British and French militaries, and corporations around the world. But it's not clear how many machines have been infected —estimates range from 5 to 10 million. Conficker is so sneaky, and so low-key, that the only way you can tell if you're infected is if you can't access certain Web sites, such as Microsoft's security pages or those belonging to security vendors such as F-Secure, Symantec or McAfee. If it turns out you are infected, Microsoft's put up instructions on how to clean your PC, but it's not easy. If you're not, downloading and installing Microsoft's latest software updates should protect you. The software giant has in fact put up a reward of $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the virus's creators, but security experts think whoever's running it has little chance of being caught. "No one knows who controls Conficker, so it could be controlled by terrorists," wrote tech journalist Ben Worthen in the Wall Street Journal. "It could also be controlled by the kid who played Urkel on 'Family Matters.'" So network administrators, computer-security experts and geeks in general will be anxiously waiting to see what takes place on April Fool's Day — even if none of them will venture a prediction. "It's a brave man who puts his neck out like that," joked Graham Cluley of the British security Sophos in a conversation with the Guardian."' -foxnews.com Go here for more information from Microsoft. I personally think it's a hoax, but I'm scanning like crazy just in case!



SpartanZypher	Apr 1 2009, 12:39 PM Post #2
Vanguard Posts: 1,904 Group: Founder/Admin Member #2 Joined: January 21, 2007 XBL Gamertag SpartanZypher What I'm playing: Assassin's Creed II, Modern Warfare 2, Forza Motorsport 3	It's not like there haven't been worms like this before... What makes this one so special? What I want to know is, if it's not suppose to activate until today, then how do all these people and "Security Experts" know about it? The only way to know you have a virus/worm/trojan is if it was active, or a known malware file that malware scanners would detect. So, again, how do these people even know it exists. I too think it's just one big hoax.



SpartanSinister	Apr 1 2009, 04:08 PM Post #3
Specialist Posts: 652 Group: Moderator Member #3 Joined: January 21, 2007 XBL Gamertag SpartanSinister What I'm playing: Nothing really for now.	People have done scans and found either Conficker.A,B, C, or D on their computers. My guess is that they think it's just been staying dormant until today. It's special because it's in military institutions I guess, that's kind of alarming.



Rocky2000	Apr 27 2009, 01:13 AM Post #4
Spectre of iG Posts: 2,264 Group: Founder/Admin Member #1 Joined: January 15, 2007 XBL Gamertag Rocky2000 What I'm playing: Uncharted 2: Among Theives, NHL 2010 PSN Username Rocky2000	Oh COOL! That's not good at all -- especially since they don't know who's put the virus on the market... but woah. The fact that it can just slip under the door of your computer and just sit there nice and dormant, like cancer; well it's kinda freaky, but pretty amazing too. I'm pretty much assured that I've got it, since my computer has nothing but free antivirus protection which gets the big stuff. But I format each month on average, so it's not that bad. Pretty cool, though.
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