Watch Out For the Conficker Worm
- Thread starter N3crosis
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Irishwhistle
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Umm... April 1st? Isn't that worm old news? More info please.
How did you get that? Not through Windows update I presume?
gamerman4
Active Member
It's a secret.....shhh
It's a secret.....shhh
Ha ha - nice.
On that note, aren't they up to build 71xx or something?
No, through methods that can't be discussed here.
Exactly.
gamerman4
Active Member
Ha ha - nice.
On that note, aren't they up to build 71xx or something?
doubt it, 7057 was built on March 5th so I doubt they would be up to 71xx in only 3 weeks.
N3crosis
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I've heard it goes through a backdoor in Windows, shuts off your firewall, and virus scanning/ anti virus software. I can't remember if it does anything to DOS though (CMD Prompt). I read about it a while ago from an article linked on Facepunch studios.
Irish, I thought it was too until I saw on the news that is was just laying dormant and it would begin its wrath on April Fools day.
Gla3dr, I don't think it can be an April fool's joke, because for one I think it's illegal to do something like that on the news, and two it's not April Fool's yet
.Gla3dr, I don't think it can be an April fool's joke, because for one I think it's illegal to do something like that on the news, and two it's not April Fool's yet
While this may be legit, the news media is not exactly shown the greatest amount of credulity in the past. They can be duped just like the rest of us. Sometimes I think the media is more gullible than the general populace. Sadly, its not illegal to be gullible.
Oh noes I hope nothing like that is unleashed it will meet doom if it comes near my computer
Oh noes! Oh, noes indeed.
I can't help it, but every time I read "Conficker" my mind interprets it as "Corn-Flicker" for some reason. In doing so it looses any sense of malice.
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