Latest Conficker worm gets nastier

[BC_Programmer]

Linux users and Mac users are.. (or should I say were) completely safe from this worm. it's a Win32 program.


In regards to the mention that if there weren't any malware authors there wouldn't be any AV companies and the jobs they provide, that's like saying we wouldn't need hospitals if people would stop getting hurt and getting old, and we wouldn't need police if people would follow the law. Unfortunately it's a matter of human nature that if "laws" aren't enforced then they really don't exist to be followed except as guidelines. And we all know how many people refuse to follow guidelines, or make up their own.

[Computer Hope Admin]

1. Link broken

2. If the programmers become white-hats, then the world will be much securer (I guess...)

Link works fine for me.

[Computer Hope Admin]

Pretty good overview of monitoring Conflicker throughout April 1st.

http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2009/04/tracking_conficker_so_far_its_a_snoozer_1.html

[squall_01]

I think that is were in lined some of the joke, ha , that its supposed to get us thinking attack and not happen.

[BC_Programmer]

I think that is were in lined some of the joke, ha , that its supposed to get us thinking attack and not happen.

I was thinking that as well.

[squall_01]

  i wasnt the only one then more or less

[Helpmeh]

I think that conficker is definatly not a joke. Think about it: Why would someone go to ALL that work, just for nothing to happen (other than what we already know)?

[BC_Programmer]

I think that Y2k is definatly not a joke. Think about it: Why would the media go to ALL that work, just for nothing to happen (other than what we already know)?

see the similarity? LOL

[Helpmeh]

see the similarity? LOL

Because it's the media...they want to milk us for all we're worth. Think about all the money people spent on bottled water alone in the month before that happened.

But this is different.

[BC_Programmer]

you're right that it is different- but you have to agree that it's been blown out of proportion. I couldn't help laughing at the news here, it said it "burrowed deep into the core of windows"... that's what ALL viruses try to do, this one isn't any better at concealing itself then any other.


The only reason it's such a big issue is that they technically don't have the payload; currently it's just a trojan downloader- basically victims are at the mercy of the authors as to what exactly happens.


It's really no more difficult to remove then conventional infections, though.

[Helpmeh]

you're right that it is different- but you have to agree that it's been blown out of proportion. I couldn't help laughing at the news here, it said it "burrowed deep into the core of windows"... that's what ALL viruses try to do, this one isn't any better at concealing itself then any other.


The only reason it's such a big issue is that they technically don't have the payload; currently it's just a trojan downloader- basically victims are at the mercy of the authors as to what exactly happens.


It's really no more difficult to remove then conventional infections, though.

Exactly. Y2K didn't really happen. Conficker did.

[BC_Programmer]

true, conficker most assuredly does exist- and it definitely is more dangerous then programs that store years as two digits, if only potentially.

[Helpmeh]

true, conficker most assuredly does exist- and it definitely is more dangerous then programs that store years as two digits, if only potentially.

lol

[squall_01]

but thinking about the people who are useing norton were do you think that money goes to stay most recent?  All the more reason for a free antivirus.