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HaleyGoBoom
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Remember, the Conflicker is supposed to attack on April Fools! You can check out CNN or Google April Fool's Day Virus for more information. It's supposed to attack over 10 million computers!
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HaleyGoBoom
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http://www.bostonherald.com/busines...ticleid=1162343&srvc=business&position=recent
It may be in your computer, awaiting its command to steal information tomorrow. I'd do an update from Windows and a good thorough scan.
It may be in your computer, awaiting its command to steal information tomorrow. I'd do an update from Windows and a good thorough scan.
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Rickman
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I talked to my computer guy, and he said to delete any E-mail you're not familiar with, and especially do not open any attatchments.
starleomach
Dawnna's Keeper
How do we know the threat isn't the april fools joke? Either way I don't open things I don't know
Jenn
ZooKeeper
so is the virus spread through an email attachment? As a general rule, I never open anything unfamiliar, although if I have AVG, isn't that supposed to guard me from accidently opening something contaminated?
alli713
..has a fleece addiction
Well, the thing is, is that they don't even know for sure if it will attack a bunch of computers tomorrow because it's set up to attack whenever, but they just read in the code that it might tomorrow.
I mean, if I created something like this and it got a bunch of hype, I wouldn't set it off on the day they think it's going to attack. Of course I would never create a virus, but I'm just saying.
I mean, if I created something like this and it got a bunch of hype, I wouldn't set it off on the day they think it's going to attack. Of course I would never create a virus, but I'm just saying.
Sandi
non-stop poop sweeper
Quote - (from the link below)
"Unlike other Internet threats that trick people into downloading a malicious program, Conficker is so good at spreading because it finds vulnerable PCs on its own and doesn't need human involvement to infect a machine." It doesn't necessarily mean that it will come as an email, if your connected to the internet and don't have the proper protection (anti-virus, firewall, etc.) it can infect your pc.
This is a pretty good article with a video clip explaining what it is -
http://news.aol.com/article/confick...m/article/conficker-worm-virus-april-1/402022
Also, they say if you can't go to websites such as Microsoft.com or any anti-virus websites such as McAfee, Symantec, etc., you might be infected.
"Unlike other Internet threats that trick people into downloading a malicious program, Conficker is so good at spreading because it finds vulnerable PCs on its own and doesn't need human involvement to infect a machine." It doesn't necessarily mean that it will come as an email, if your connected to the internet and don't have the proper protection (anti-virus, firewall, etc.) it can infect your pc.
This is a pretty good article with a video clip explaining what it is -
http://news.aol.com/article/confick...m/article/conficker-worm-virus-april-1/402022
Also, they say if you can't go to websites such as Microsoft.com or any anti-virus websites such as McAfee, Symantec, etc., you might be infected.
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HaleyGoBoom
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AVG is a good free virus scanner that can detect the virus, also if you have Windows Malicious Software Remover (something like that) it can also detect and remove it. It isn't really an active virus, it lays dormant on all these computers basically and waits for the command to "attack". They estimate it's already infected 10 million computers. It isn't through email either. If you're virus protection sends you a message do not allow the change unless you absolutely know what it is.
FiaSpice
Wheel Cleaner X2
The joy of having a Mac: the programs are harder to find and expensive...but you never get nasty viruses. Anyway, be carfull everyone, it sound like a joke, but who knows.
ABBY W.
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OK, has anyone else noticed that the word "Chinchilla" has now been replaced with "ocelot" on this website, or is that just me?
Ok, I tried to type in the word for the cute fuzzy creatures we all know and love and it just changed it to "ocelots" LOL
Ok, I tried to type in the word for the cute fuzzy creatures we all know and love and it just changed it to "ocelots" LOL
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Chinniechantel
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Lol, it won't let you type the word Ocelots (our furry little friends our site is dedicated to!)- but turns it to Ocelot! What a funny april fools joke....Peggy are you behind this one!?!
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HaleyGoBoom
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lol this isn't what I was talking about yesterday but really cute joke 
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HaleyGoBoom
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/01/tech.viruses/index.html
no problems thus far :]
happy april fools
no problems thus far :]
happy april fools
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blacksettingsun
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just had to try it...chinchilla...ocelot
k...did I miss something?
k...did I miss something?
Melissa
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Maybe the problem is when I try to click on any CNN links I get some pop up with ugly music saying somethign that I cant view it and the page must abort... :hair:
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HaleyGoBoom
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Do you have the latest flash player? The link isn't broken, I'm unsure why it would do that Melissa. Can you visit CNN.com? The link works for my computer, its an article on Conflicker which was supposed to infect 10 million computers today but it didn't, CNN says nothing happened, so that's all the article was. :]
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