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So, who ended up with the Conficker.c worm?

The only updates I see are Windows PowerShell and Office Live Add-in, both of which I hid.

I have yet to find anything that clearly states what it means to be infected by Conficker.C (e.g. a registry key created). That "DHS Detection Tool" is not available to the general public, only government agencies. I can't find a download link for it there.
 
sneekypeet said:
Hmm.... must not have it I just let IE8 install and it seemed too, although it doesnt require a restart.
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mine had to restart strange
 
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Good so far....
 
FordGT90Concept said:
The only updates I see are Windows PowerShell and Office Live Add-in, both of which I hid.

I have yet to find anything that clearly states what it means to be infected by Conficker.C (e.g. a registry key created). That "DHS Detection Tool" is not available to the general public, only government agencies. I can't find a download link for it there.
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there's a link on the detection tool page to windows live onecare. it will detect it with just a browser plugin and scan.
 
My entire college network got infected, took them 3 days to completely get rid of it. Myself, not a thing, just done a fresh windows install, im all clean and spanky :D
 
Oh and when I say the college network got infected, it was due to someone taking the virus in via flash drive, so one of the students. Stupid because it grinds the rest of the place to a halt, I had 2 lessons cancelled last friday because it was so bad.
 
hmmmn... i'm using Kapersky .... but i can't use Update it isn't downloading. maybe just my connection, i'll wait and see

Edit: phew-just a bad connection :)
 
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The conficker worm that came out in January infected over 10million computers,( i had to fix one with it on it, format was the answer :shadedshu) and for this new one that was meant to hit today (April 1st), going by what they said on the news here in Australia it effected no one at all.
 
Melvis said:
The conficker worm that came out in January infected over 10million computers,( i had to fix one with it on it, format was the answer :shadedshu) and for this new one that was meant to hit today (April 1st), going by what they said on the news here in Australia it effected no one at all.
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Reminds me of the Avian Bird Flu. The media always jumps on stories that don't actually matter.
 
Headline of most popular online newspaper in Switzerland:

Aufatmen: Die befürchtete Attacke des berüchtigten Computer- Wurms Conficker ist vorerst ausgeblieben. Experten stellten allerdings gewisse Aktivitäten fest.

Breathe again: Feared attack of infamous worm "Conficker" did not happen - for now. Experts altough noticed activities.

Well, my updates have been installed without any problems.
 
I was not infected. My whole school network is though cause nobody has secure passwords. They don't know it yet. Anyway, as long as you have an up to date AV and a strong password, you should be fine. Good luck on this day of "Digital Pearl Harbor!"
 
No problems here so far at my company!! Everything looks normal!!
 
I suppose ill find out when i get another update through auto update. =/
 
This is ridiculous, conficker is very overhyped. You dont have any more chance of getting it than any other virus out there, and you probably know exactly what you did to get it
 
3870x2 said:
This is ridiculous, conficker is very overhyped. You dont have any more chance of getting it than any other virus out there, and you probably know exactly what you did to get it
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unfortunately, i don't think the hype was too much. we still don't know what conficker is programmed to do, and with all the time and money spent on it by the authors, they're probably expecting a large amount of money to be made. hell, microsoft even offered $250,000USD to anyone who knew their identities.
 
Ran windows update last night, went through three download/install/reboot sequences to get them all. No problems.

I haven't had any anti-virus installed for about 6 months. (yea, stupid I know). :slap:
 
I guess I didn't get it. I was on my computer this morning and it worked fine. I don't have any AV and I'm using XP right now, gonna install Vista on Saturday.

I never will pay for anti-virus, they use up resources and for what? I've never had any viruses before in my 9 years of PC gaming.
 
Conficker.C description and removal instructions

I have read an article that Conficker.C attack day might have been changed. I suppose that's quite possible. However, I have search for removal guide of Conficker.C, you know, just in case :) Here's one manual removal guide: http://www.2-spyware.com/remove-conficker-c.html
There are also other removal instructions, but very similar to this one.
 
VIPRE ftw!
 
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