No pranks or jokes here! And it seems the feared computer virus wasn't the threat it could have been. The Conficker worm has been around for a while, but if you've kept up with your Microsoft security patches you should be safe. The patch was distributed by MS last October or November and although the hackers have created variants of the Conficker worm, it seems the threat didn't come to fruition today as expected. I read that the criminals who created it are fairly smart (at least for hackers) and the threat could explode on another date, when we're least expecting it. I looked at the McAfee.com website and found that their Stinger.exe should fix this problem. If you cannot access McAfee, Microsoft or another security website like Norton, you might be in real trouble since that's one of the indicators that you might be infected with the Conficker worm.
I've heard that the largest number of computers infected with the worm are in Europe and Asia. The worm tracks all your keystrokes (passwords, etc) and reports back to the hacker domain, making your files and accounts very vulnerable.
No guarantees from me since all PC's are different (and I don't do this as a tech anymore), but keep up with your anti-virus software updates and with the Microsoft patches to try to be safe. Expecially if you send me email.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April Fools Day
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