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pyromaniaque

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Well..Ask your mother.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s44zLyJYfSI&fmt=18
and then, read this:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Technology/Virus+erupt+April/1425490/story.html



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I'm not sure why the "Calgary Herald" would post that if it was a joke, i think its legit. Yup it's legit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

Microsoft is even giving 250,000 as a bounty for the people who did it

http://www.pcworld.com/article/15787...cker_worm.html

SNOPES EVEN SAYS THAT IT IS REAL:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/conficker.asp
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Beginning on 1 April 2009, infected computers will start attempting to "call home" (i.e., contact control servers in the botnet) in order to receive Conficker updates, which has led to claims that some apocalyptic cyber-event will occur on that date and result in millions of computers being wiped out or large portions of the Internet being disabled. Although no one really knows what's going to happen with Conficker on (or after) that date, security experts have opined that it likely won't be nearly as substantial as some of the wilder speculation would have it
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Apple iKid said:
Thanks. At least someone is capable of getting the information out there. haha ;)
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-_-. It's 2:18, I'm tired, I've got school tomorrow.
If someone wasn't such a douchebag, then someone would have read this in my original post.

Although no one really knows what's going to happen with Conficker on (or after) that date, security experts have opined that it likely won't be nearly as substantial as some of the wilder speculation would have it
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yea 60 mins. did a segment on it today. so it is indeed very real. we only have one windoze machine in my house and im going to monitor it all week. i know if i was a hacker and everybody is waiting for this april 1st date i would just switch so everybody look out on that day before that day and after
 
capriseyhaze said:
yea 60 mins. did a segment on it today. so it is indeed very real. we only have one windoze machine in my house and im going to monitor it all week. i know if i was a hacker and everybody is waiting for this april 1st date i would just switch so everybody look out on that day before that day and after
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I hope nothing happens... but hey, if my PC gets destroyed or something, then thats just all the more reason to buy a mac right? haha :D
 
Apple iKid said:
I hope nothing happens... but hey, if my PC gets destroyed or something, then thats just all the more reason to buy a mac right? haha :D
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It isn't in their best interest to 'destroy' your PC or disable large chunks of the internet.

Why?

CNET Article said:
It's likely that the people behind Conficker are interested in using the botnet, which is comprised of all the infected computers, to make money by distributing spam or other malware, experts speculate. To do so, they would need the computers and networks to stay in operation.

"Most of these criminals, even though they haven't done something with this botnet yet, are profit-driven," said Paul Ferguson, an advanced-threats researcher for Trend Micro. "They don't want to bring down the infrastructure. That would not allow them to continue carrying out their scams."
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theDUB said:
It isn't in their best interest to 'destroy' your PC or disable large chunks of the internet.

Why?
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dang, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up! jk. haha. But if it would make my computer run slower, that would pry bug me enough to make me want to switch.
 
Apple iKid said:
dang, I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up! jk. haha. But if it would make my computer run slower, that would pry bug me enough to make me want to switch.
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There are plenty of legitimate applications you can put on your windows machine that will make it run slower.
 
capriseyhaze said:
yea 60 mins. did a segment on it today. so it is indeed very real. we only have one windoze machine in my house and im going to monitor it all week. i know if i was a hacker and everybody is waiting for this april 1st date i would just switch so everybody look out on that day before that day and after
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Very skeptical you know how to monitor any effect this worm might have.
 
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