Corvus of the Black Night

Wild Duck Pokémon

Age 30
Non-binary
With the Birds
Seen January 9th, 2015
Posted January 9th, 2015
3,416 posts
14.3 Years
Hi guys. You thought things with confiker are over? Oh boy its not. Its way way way WAY not over. It only just begun. Read this and muke bricks.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5197148/how-the-conficker-problem-just-got-much-worse
That's if you have conficker. I don't see what the programmer of this malware would gain by destroying your computer. Remember, it only updates itself, NOT releasing a new worm. So, if your clean, there's not much to worry about. But remember, this is good evidence why to keep up with the updates.

Stop acting like it's going to be a Microsoft Armegeddon - you can simply just transfer a Conficker removal program from a non-infected computer to an infected computer and remove it there. If that doesn't work (which I wouldn't be suprised if in the near future it wouldn't), then there's a way to remove it manually, mentioned here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962007
When all of that fails, then you can start freaking.
Age 30
Male
Southern Europe
Seen January 25th, 2013
Posted October 21st, 2009
7,482 posts
15.4 Years
Conficker virus begins to attack PCs
A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.

Conficker, also known as Downadup or Kido, is quietly turning thousands of personal computers into servers of e-mail spam and installing spyware, they said.

The worm started spreading late last year, infecting millions of computers and turning them into "slaves" that respond to commands sent from a remote server that effectively controls an army of computers known as a botnet.

Its unidentified creators started using those machines for criminal purposes in recent weeks by loading more malicious software onto a small percentage of computers under their control, said Vincent Weafer, a vice president with Symantec Security Response, the research arm of the world's largest security software maker, ymantec Corp.

"Expect this to be long-term, slowly changing," he said of the worm. "It's not going to be fast, aggressive."

Conficker installs a second virus, known as Waledac, that sends out e-mail spam without knowledge of the PC's owner, along with a fake anti-spyware program, Weafer said.

The Waledac virus recruits the PCs into a second botnet that has existed for several years and specializes in distributing e-mail spam.

"This is probably one of the most sophisticated botnets on the planet. The guys behind this are very professional. They absolutely know what they are doing," said Paul Ferguson, a senior researcher with Trend Micro Inc, the world's third-largest security software maker.

He said Conficker's authors likely installed a spam engine and another malicious software program on tens of thousands of computers since April 7.

He said the worm will stop distributing the software on infected PCs on May 3 but more attacks will likely follow.

"We expect to see a different component or a whole new twist to the way this botnet does business," said Ferguson, a member of The Conficker Working Group, an international alliance of companies fighting the worm.

Researchers had feared the network controlled by the Conficker worm might be deployed on April 1 since the worm surfaced last year because it was programed to increase communication attempts from that date.

The security industry formed the task force to fight the worm, bringing widespread attention that experts said probably scared off the criminals who command the slave computers.

The task force initially thwarted the worm using the Internet's traffic control system to block access to servers that control the slave computers.

Viruses that turn PCs into slaves exploit weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows operating system. The Conficker worm is especially tricky because it can evade corporate firewalls by passing from an infected machine onto a USB memory stick, then onto another PC.

The Conficker botnet is one of many such networks controlled by syndicates that authorities believe are based in eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Latin America.
It is not over people its just beginning. Eastern Europe? Great America and such got Swine Flu while over here the threat for Confiker is worse.

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 could have told you this... wait, I did tell you this before April 1st. The trigger on April 1st basically just changed the way it looks for updates, and by now most of the infected computers have downloaded their payload.
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Age 31
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Seen November 9th, 2021
Posted March 17th, 2015
3,517 posts
18.2 Years
My friend's computer became infected with the virus, and he lent me his computer to tamper with it. After loading all the files on his hard drive to a Linux machine I have, I'm going to try and see if I can actually try to isolate the damn thing.
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Corvus of the Black Night

Wild Duck Pokémon

Age 30
Non-binary
With the Birds
Seen January 9th, 2015
Posted January 9th, 2015
3,416 posts
14.3 Years
Well, I back up my hard drive regularly, so if something happened... I could just run a system restore.

Zet

Age 33
Male
Brisbane, Australia
Seen September 29th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2020
7,687 posts
15.7 Years
My friend's computer became infected with the virus, and he lent me his computer to tamper with it. After loading all the files on his hard drive to a Linux machine I have, I'm going to try and see if I can actually try to isolate the damn thing.
can't you just use a conficker remover tool?

also has anyone else seen this ad on PC?

I'm not sure whether or not this tool is legit but I highly recommend not downloading it. And I added the link so you will know what I'm talking about

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
one of the things about the Conficker was that it stopped you from downloading anti-virus software, but I haven't seen much of anything happen, personally.
Sort of. It stops you from accessing AV sites. I attached removal tools in an earlier post in this thread, which anyone can access (page 3).

Obviously because Windows Update doesn't care about what most people want to do, and updates behind their backs.
Very true. WGA downloads labeled as an important security update. For those of you that don't know, WGA attempts to see if your copy of Windows is legit, and nags you if it thinks it isn't (it also makes mistakes in a lot of instances, and detects a legit installation as not legit). How this could possibly be considered an important security update, or even beneficial at all for anyone but Microsoft is beyond me (besides having no positive effects, it contacts MS every 2 weeks with information about your computer that can potentially be intercepted and used against you).
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Archer

NSW, Australia
Seen January 26th, 2020
Posted January 5th, 2020
3,956 posts
16.6 Years
Well, as much as I feel sorry for them, keeping an old system, that hasn't been appropriately updated is obviously going to leave you open to a ton of viruses. I don't think 2000/NT is a great idea if they want decent security, which is important for the sort of personal information they store.

I know that a huge number of Government organisations use Unix variants, for example Solaris or custom Linux distros. That's a much better choice for security.
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Seen November 9th, 2021
Posted March 17th, 2015
3,517 posts
18.2 Years
I know that a huge number of Government organisations use Unix variants, for example Solaris or custom Linux distros. That's a much better choice for security.
Obviously people should be using those, but the majority of tech people stick with Windows...heaven knows why.
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The not-so-black cat of ill omen

Age 32
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Michigan
Seen February 19th, 2023
Posted April 30th, 2021
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That many virus scanners will interfere with your system and each other. You should have one good virus scanner and one good malware scanner at most; I recommend Avast! for your virus scanner.
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