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Computer experts are warning that the Conficker virus could strike infected computers on 1 April 2009.What it will actually do - or whether it will even happen - is not clear, but security experts say that users of the Windows operating system should take sensible precautions to keep themselves safe.
Frankly, I don't trust much of the published conflicting info on Conficker. I got it on one of my machines and not in the ways they say infection normally occurs.
TV was full of reports yesterday saying to test your machine by seeing if you can go to Mcafee, symantec or other antivirus sites.
The press never mentions that web security stocks have done VERY well over the past 12 months. MFE is virtually unchanged while the S&P is off 40%. Hmmm!
Conficker.c was programmed to establish a link from infected host computers with command-and-control servers at midnight GMT on April 1. To reach these control servers, Conficker.c generates a list of 50,000 domain names and then selects 500 domain names to contact. That process has started, researchers said.
Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn't over
[computerworld.com...]
Jerry Rules! I miss him everyday.
"Computer security firms watching the malicious program noticed that it sprang into life late on 8 April.
The activity on its update system delivered encrypted software to compromised machines. It is not yet clear what the payload contains."
[news.bbc.co.uk...]
