Vercetti Thug Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Will turning off computers for the entire April 1st day avoid any problems? And i dont believe this is a prank. Go read up on it, try wikipedia or something. But its real and it could be coming, and some of the millions its affected could be your computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I was thinking about this the other day, and I really don't think it will be released on April 1st. Rather, the 5th or 6th. By this time, people will be over it, and past the whole 'extra protection' phase. At least...that's what I'd do :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elevski Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) I don't know if turning it off would help, but since it has to be contacted first before it starts (like MrLlamaLlama said), I guess it would. But I'm not sure if the guys who made the virus would still continue to contact the virus AFTER April 1. Conficker is also known as "Kido", "Downup" and "Downandup". I had all 4 names pop-ed up in my anti-viruses back when I was still using my 2nd PC. Again, I'm asking you guys which "April 1" is it? The virus creator's time zone could be ahead of ours or behind ours. Whatever it is, it would be wise to know 'cause we might experience the virus attacking at a non-April 1 date. Edited March 29, 2009 by Elevski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Considering how we don't know the author? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vercetti Thug Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 All I know is, microsoft is scared out of their minds and have teamed up with Afilias, ICANN, Neustar, Verisign, CNNIC, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, Inc., M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, The Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence to stop it, according to wikipedia which is sounding pretty reasonable right about now/ At either rate, this virus is considered as CRITICAL and SEVERE level right now by Microsoft and by others, so i'm sticking to the belief that its not a prank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 All I know is, microsoft is scared out of their minds and have teamed up with Afilias, ICANN, Neustar, Verisign, CNNIC, Public Internet Registry, Global Domains International, Inc., M1D Global, AOL, Symantec, F-Secure, ISC, researchers from Georgia Tech, The Shadowserver Foundation, Arbor Networks and Support Intelligence to stop it, according to wikipedia which is sounding pretty reasonable right about now/At either rate, this virus is considered as CRITICAL and SEVERE level right now by Microsoft and by others, so i'm sticking to the belief that its not a prank. Unless it's Microsoft's uber-awesome-totally-huge April Fool's day. They might be trying to do something on a bigger scale than Google, considering how most people expect it from Google now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damjan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) BULLSHIT. This is the same thing like the big boom topic that was created. it didn't happen and never will. Also, as long as you have Kaspersky,BitDefender,Webroot, you're set. Proof: http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ Wait for the site. Edited March 29, 2009 by Steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoLuTioN Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Conficker is also known as "Kido", "Downup" and "Downandup". You mean these :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 BULLSHIT.This is the same thing like the big boom topic that was created. it didn't happen and never will. Also, as long as you have Kaspersky,BitDefender,Webroot, you're set. Proof: http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ Wait for the site. Another fuckwad who wants to compare two entirely different things, both of which he can't prove "didn't happen". Go be a douche somewhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeZaMe YuMe_MoMoKu Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I was starting to be scared by this one, I guess I'll have to turn off my computer the whole April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elevski Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) You mean these :/ Crap. I've never seen someone with that much Conficker viruses. Viruses takes up many forms, from exes to gifs, and from dlls to mp3s. Seeing that most of the Conficker viruses you have are GIFs, you still have the ones installed in your Windows folder left to get rid of, as well as the ones that hacked through your registries so it can send duplicates of itself through your flash drives, and send group messages to your friends via your instant messenger with a link on them leading to a site that will install the virus to their computers, adding more victims to the list. If it is a Microsoft April Fools joke, the company will be wise enough to pull off a prank like that. Most likely be an April Fools joke of the makers themselves. Microsoft already announced about a $250,000 reward for those who give info about the perpetrators. Edited March 30, 2009 by Elevski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 (edited) Ah, spreading to friends via instant messenger? Anybody who manages to accept those deserves to have their computer fucked because they fail. Edited March 30, 2009 by Connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvoLuTioN Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 You mean these :/ Crap. I've never seen someone with that much Conficker viruses. Viruses takes up many forms, from exes to gifs, and from dlls to mp3s. Seeing that most of the Conficker viruses you have are GIFs, you still have the ones installed in your Windows folder left to get rid of, as well as the ones that hacked through your registries so it can send duplicates of itself through your flash drives, and send group messages to your friends via your instant messenger with a link on them leading to a site that will install the virus to their computers, adding more victims to the list. Most of them were jpeg, Gif's and Png's. I had some probs with my PC sometime back. Didn't have anti virus for a week after it was fixed, I installed Avg and resident sheild started detecting these every 15mins. Got the windows patch the next day, havent had a problem so far, Been bout a month now. AVG runs the daily scan thing everyday, everything seems fine. Fairly sure none of my files were affected. I don't think I've clicked any links IM links, although I do get a ton of those. If anyone has recevied suchs links from just inform me :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeZaMe YuMe_MoMoKu Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 BULLSHIT.This is the same thing like the big boom topic that was created. it didn't happen and never will. Also, as long as you have Kaspersky,BitDefender,Webroot, you're set. Proof: http://anti-virus-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ Wait for the site. Norton ranked (12th or 13th?) in that list, so I guess Norton won't fail me. And besides, Norton's problem there is their anti-spyware thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 What about the 12 before it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charger Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Since where talking about AV protection here. Anyone thinks the latest Comodo Internet Security is good? I switched it for AT&T McAfee Internet Security suite last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeZaMe YuMe_MoMoKu Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What about the 12 before it? Of course they're much better, but Norton included in the list would give me assurance that it can remove any viruses. And besides, Norton's problem is their anti-spyware, not the AV. And we're talking about a virus here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damjan Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Spaz will agree,and all the other members on this one. NORTON IS PHAIL. NOD is phail too. Everything from ESET, is shit. Get AVG or Kaspersky Internet Security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azn Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Norton is almost epic phail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damjan Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What do you have? (i see that you're that anonymous member in the list) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansui Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 yeah Norton and NOD32 are not really good, Kaspersky and Avast are good choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What about the 12 before it? Of course they're much better, but Norton included in the list would give me assurance that it can remove any viruses. And besides, Norton's problem is their anti-spyware, not the AV. And we're talking about a virus here. Where does it actually say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris82 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What about the 12 before it? Of course they're much better, but Norton included in the list would give me assurance that it can remove any viruses. And besides, Norton's problem is their anti-spyware, not the AV. And we're talking about a virus here. No, their Anti-Virus is horrible as hell. Norton is the definition of bloat, enjoy your slower computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claude-5 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 im unplugging my ethernet cable for the whole or 2morrow, i wanted to play SAMP all day because i werent at college but this is typical , SA offline is just as good anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLlamaLlama Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Just get the fuckin patch, run a virus scan, and then you can still do what the hell you want on your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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