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  1. 03-30-2009, 06:10 PM #1
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    April fool worm

    I heard on the radio about an April fools worm, is it just a hoax or are some of us going to have computer problems on the first? Has anyone else heard or know about it?
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    Re: April fool worm

    I heard about this aswell.I'm thinking cause of the date of its release it some sort of april fools joke, but hate to see the mess it might make if it is real.Is there anything that can be done to protect our computers from it, will current anti-viruses defend against it.
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    Re: April fool worm

    Haven't received a bulletin from the IP dudes at work yet- they're usually real quick if there's a real threat. Until I do I'm not going to lose any sleep.
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    Re: April fool worm

    Quote Originally Posted by SUAFOYT View Post
    Haven't received a bulletin from the IP dudes at work yet- they're usually real quick if there's a real threat. Until I do I'm not going to lose any sleep.


    we are about 50 million in to a new operating system our IP dudes sent out e-mail Friday, our work compuyers are all fine, but warning us to get home computers updated
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    Re: April fool worm

    And the space shuttle is landing at a Mall parking lot in Vancouver with the anti-virus for this....
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    Re: April fool worm

    Quote Originally Posted by kenkell1 View Post
    Ummm no.....you should already have an Anti Virus but have you updated the definitions in it to protect your PC from Viruses or trojans like the one mentioned above??
    It has nothing to do with Anti Viruses .....it has everything to do with updating yours.
    Yep. Got one.
    Let's see why they call it April Fools worm....
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    Re: April fool worm

    The "presence" of a Conficker infection may be detected if a user is unable to surf to the following websites:

    * http://www.symantec.com/norton/theme.jsp?themeid=conficker_worm&inid=us_ghp_link_ conficker_worm
    * http://www.mcafee.com
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    Re: April fool worm

    Ah, I'm relaxed.
    Thank God for Macs, poor PC is going to have it's immune system pressed again, darn eh?
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    Re: April fool worm

    Just watched on the news, they said unplug you pc from the net for the day and you will be fine.....if your worried about it.
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    Re: April fool worm

    Quote Originally Posted by T300WSM View Post
    Just watched on the news, they said unplug you pc from the net for the day and you will be fine.....if your worried about it.
    Did they say anything about just locking down your firewall??

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