'Conficker' virus being released on April Fools Day, do you think it's real or a hoax?
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17:20 Sat 4 Apr 09 (BST) [Link]
^^ Thats almost certainly malware of some kind, not surprising if you've switched to Firefox.
Running the current malware removal update from microsoft.com is a good place to start if your current software isn't picking anything up.
Edited at 22:23 Sat 4/04/09 (BST)
Not saying that as a dig by the way - http://174.133.151.130/~nsslabsc/test-reports/NSS%20Labs%20Browser%20Security%20Test%20-%20Socially%20Engineered%20Malware.pdf
Running the current malware removal update from microsoft.com is a good place to start if your current software isn't picking anything up.
Edited at 22:23 Sat 4/04/09 (BST)
03:26 Sun 5 Apr 09 (BST) [Link]
Malwarebytes is a great anti-malware program that I picked up off a tech website... Managed to pick up 3 trojans and a worm that AVG missed...
10:08 Sun 5 Apr 09 (BST) [Link]
Interesting report there spins, not tried IE8 yet, might have a look at it tonight!
FF came second and I used IE7 before FF, I switched because certain pages would not load at all and others were dodgy at times for loading. Main reason was I couldn't log in as admin to the clan website stueyy created but it worked fine on FF!
Maybe I'll switch back. I love the firefox option to save the pages you are viewing when you close it, does IE8 have anything similar?
Ill run that malware removal update tonight as well and see what that picks up
Cheers for the tip as well Sam, if spins says it safe, ill download that as well lol.
FF came second and I used IE7 before FF, I switched because certain pages would not load at all and others were dodgy at times for loading. Main reason was I couldn't log in as admin to the clan website stueyy created but it worked fine on FF!
Maybe I'll switch back. I love the firefox option to save the pages you are viewing when you close it, does IE8 have anything similar?
Ill run that malware removal update tonight as well and see what that picks up
Cheers for the tip as well Sam, if spins says it safe, ill download that as well lol.
15:49 Thu 9 Apr 09 (BST) [Link]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7991422.stm
A week late, but Conficker 'C' has become active and is apparently heavily encrypted...
A week late, but Conficker 'C' has become active and is apparently heavily encrypted...
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'Conficker' virus being released on April Fools Day, do you think it's real or a hoax?
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