revelp8

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Male
California
Seen July 6th, 2012
Posted April 7th, 2012
522 posts
15 Years
yeah, I'm sure home users would love losing their credit card and bank details from conficker
im sure they would :\ not

from the other things i've been reading, if people can just turn on their auto-update on their PC, they should be fine.

From talking to a friend, Im guessing that mid-sized companies using microsoft servers are the ones most in danger since they don't use firewalls on their servers.
Age 27
Male
Oregon
Seen November 21st, 2016
Posted February 5th, 2012
310 posts
14.2 Years
I heard about this a few days back. It's not just called Conficker it's actually called Conficker C, because it's like a more harmful version of a regular Conficker virus. I just upgraded Windows earlier, upgrading firewall, AVG, and Norton (Yes I have 2 Anti-Virus systems, Norton came with the laptop) and I backed up my files. Conficker C is no match for my awesomeness.

Zet

Age 33
Male
Brisbane, Australia
Seen September 29th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2020
7,687 posts
15.7 Years
running two failure of an antivirus? that sure is awesome! also sources say it's Conficker A as an alias not C

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Age 30
Non-binary
With the Birds
Seen January 9th, 2015
Posted January 9th, 2015
3,416 posts
14.3 Years
Conflicker C is what's going to be released on April 1st >>

Apparently it only infects computers infected with Conflicker B...

Melody

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Posted March 2nd, 2018
6,459 posts
18.6 Years
AVG and Spybot you say!!?!?!?!??? my god, you're already infected D; update to something that isn't crap.

Also has there been any real proof of this said virus?
I should hope you were being sarcastic. Pardon my density if you were being sarcastic.

of course you came out clean, it's not April 1st yet. Also you might wanna read over a few other topics involving anti-viruses to know how bad of a protection you're using


also here's a thanks to Blazichu for giving me this link http://www.bdtools.net/ bitdefender has released a tool that will remove conficker
Here's a nice read.

That there is the Zero Day blog. 9/10 times they know and blog about big security issues as they are revealed, and continue to cover most issues up to the point where patches are released. I myself read it all daily to keep up with all the new malware and exploits being discovered. (Not to mention I keep my system meticulously updated anyways)

But I digress, You really shouldn't be worried, especially not if your system is fully patched and up to date. As many users have said previously, that's usually the case with a default install of windows. (Windows update may be a pain in the keister sometimes, but it does save our bacons when it comes to malware a lot of times. XD)

For all we know, this could be an elaborate April Fools joke by a certain group of technology news sites. I could easily be wrong, but eh, don't rule out the possibility. ;D
We americans love april first. :P
Age 30
Male
Southern Europe
Seen January 25th, 2013
Posted October 21st, 2009
7,482 posts
15.4 Years
Zaine he was serious. I dunno how the hell you find that he was sarcastic. Back in the day yeah AVG was at least a bit reliable but now if you have it you might already be infected. Thats also something i want to warn about. You have AVG or something else you best be getting something else and soon. Otherwise bye bye computer on april 1. At least i hope not.

Archer

NSW, Australia
Seen January 26th, 2020
Posted January 5th, 2020
3,956 posts
16.6 Years
He wasn't kidding about AVG. I removed it after noticing the effects and finding a virus by hand before it did. It's a joke of an AV in most people's opinions. Spybot's a bit dated, but not too bad, if you're running TeaTimer.

It may or may not be an April Fools joke, but we know that the virus exists (it's in virus definition DBs) and I doubt the news sites are likely to knowingly spread a rumour like this. I'm staying off the net with Windows (XP) from April 1st until I find out what's happening with the situation. Time to boot up the Ubuntu Desktop...

EDIT: What Swift? How are you expecting to get by without any AV protection? There's several free options that you could run. Unless of course you're not running Windows...

Swift!

The Swiftiest

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Sydney, Australia
Seen September 16th, 2022
Posted December 7th, 2014
2,385 posts
14.9 Years
Poor swift. Stay off the internet that day and be extra careful after that day.
That's actually what I was planning on doing.
I was thinking I could shut down my computer on the 31st and not start it up again for a few days.

What Swift? How are you expecting to get by without any AV protection? There's several free options that you could run. Unless of course you're not running Windows...
I'm running Windows and I was actually meaning to get some high quility virus protection, I guess now would be a better time than ever.
Good thing I've got enough money to head into my local PC shop and buy the best virus protection program I can find.
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Melody

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Seen March 4th, 2018
Posted March 2nd, 2018
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18.6 Years
He wasn't kidding about AVG. I removed it after noticing the effects and finding a virus by hand before it did. It's a joke of an AV in most people's opinions. Spybot's a bit dated, but not too bad, if you're running TeaTimer.

It may or may not be an April Fools joke, but we know that the virus exists (it's in virus definition DBs) and I doubt the news sites are likely to knowingly spread a rumour like this. I'm staying off the net with Windows (XP) from April 1st until I find out what's happening with the situation. Time to boot up the Ubuntu Desktop...

EDIT: What Swift? How are you expecting to get by without any AV protection? There's several free options that you could run. Unless of course you're not running Windows...
That's my point, Avast! is better than AVG.
And Spybot S&D's Tea-timer (that's it's resident protection) is a LIFESAVER when it comes to the newest threats, as it monitors all registry changes and notifies you accordingly. Once you get Tea-timer trained up with what kinds of registry changes to let pass without worry, and which ones you want the red flag to be raised upon, it's really useful. (Though if you're installing programs you trust, it helps to disable it while you're doing that)

twocows

The not-so-black cat of ill omen

Age 32
Male
Michigan
Seen February 19th, 2023
Posted April 30th, 2021
4,307 posts
14.2 Years
I have a dual-boot setup with Fedora and Vista. My Vista installation is only used to browse a few sites (Slashdot, GameFAQs, Wikipedia, Google, and a few others), all of which I've put on a whitelist; all other sites are forced to run in a secure mode with most functionality disabled. Vista has Kaspersky, COMODO Firewall, and Privoxy in case something accesses IE, and both OSes' Firefox installations are using Adblock Plus; Firefox on Vista is running in a sandbox, as well. I think I'm relatively safe.

That's actually what I was planning on doing.
I was thinking I could shut down my computer on the 31st and not start it up again for a few days.



I'm running Windows and I was actually meaning to get some high quility virus protection, I guess now would be a better time than ever.
Good thing I've got enough money to head into my local PC shop and buy the best virus protection program I can find.
If you're willing to pay, I suggest getting Kaspersky or NOD32. Otherwise, get Avast!, Avira, or AVG. Stay away from Norton or McAfee.
Age 30
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Southern Europe
Seen January 25th, 2013
Posted October 21st, 2009
7,482 posts
15.4 Years
Where? So far millions of computers are infected. Those infected will act as servers of sorts to spread the most deadly form of this virus without conficker a and b. Its also a P2P virus as well so its like a super internet hack that can connect every computer infected to the main one and drain all the info about people. I would say that im not worried cause i have one of the best AV's(nod32) and an updated windows but damn those viruses can evolve to become unknown to your anti virus database and find a hole in the patch.
Seen September 18th, 2020
Posted February 18th, 2018
7,741 posts
16.6 Years
Eureka1 is right, in almost every case AV programs are like tin foil hats. xD
Only just now considering the date, I don't think it's going to happen. Unless I get a root source from someone, neh. I'll stay tuned though and if it turns out to be real it'll be time to jump into the Linuxmobile.

Spinor

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Age 27
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Seen February 13th, 2019
Posted October 4th, 2015
5,175 posts
17.3 Years
Oh my Gawd, what a shame.

Doesn't the "April 1" activation date and "Millions panicking" sound a little related to you?

No? Well I guess I'll just unplug my computer that day and not use it at all.