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April Fools Worm?

fireshot91 said:
Pretty much we don't turn our PC's on tomorrow to prevent from getting it?
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Apparently that won't work.

What won't work? Turning your PC off tonight and back on on April 2 will not protect you from the worm (sorry to the dozens of people who wrote me asking if this would do the trick). Temporarily disconnecting your computer from the web won't help if the malware is already on your machine -- it will simply activate once you connect again. Changing the date on your PC will likely have no helpful effect, either. And yes, Macs are immune this time out.
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Well i can go on avg.com so i think i'm safe. This is ridiculous that this worm will put every windoze user in terror mode think it might happen.

Damn i hate windows!
 
Even as a mac user I'm being affected. My debate partner's dad is shutting off their computers all day today, and we have a tournament starting friday to get ready for. Now we can't share information today <_<
I'm going to laugh if the people behind this never meant to use it for bad purposes, it's all just a big joke.
 
Oddities today

When I woke my computer from sleep today, a "quick view" window of my ACL (access control list) popped up. I did not open the file and I believe it was not modified. Also, the "return" key on my keyboard was behaving as a 5 character delete button.

Maybe us macs are not so lucky after all.
 
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