Comments on: Will You Be Laughing At Confiker C’s Exploits On April Fools Day?

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7 Days Later : Confiker.C Wakes Up — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:32:46 +0000

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By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:18:53 +0000

I’ve never had any issues with Windows but, then again, I know how to keep it running safely and securely.

I too have a Linux installation on a PC and have to admit that I have never had to do anything security-related in order to keep it running optimally.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:20:01 +0000

I’m just lucky I have Linux Ubuntu. Much safer than that windblows atrocity. I have used Ubuntu since its initial release and I have never had a virus, I don’t even have a firewall switched on!

By: Scam

Scam — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:57:21 +0000

That is a very good point Karsul, I hope everyone has taken notice because Confiker will undoubtedly remain in the news for a while yet…

By: Scam

Scam — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:55:54 +0000

I totally agree that Confiker remains a threat that is still waiting to happen.

We haven’t heard the last of it yet…

By: Karsul

Karsul — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:10:19 +0000

Security advisors always said Conficker was simply going to update the way it receives updates on April 1. They didn’t say it would do anything else.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:27:23 +0000

Security advisors already knew what was going to happen on April 1. However, the writer of Confiker has gone to a lot of trouble to protect this worm, even to the extent of writing it to confuse the Microsoft Update system into thinking that infected machines were patched against it.

That sounds like an awful lot of work just to con everyone on April Fools Day, don’t you think?

For sure they are planning something serious, and that, too, will come as an “update”, so there will be no warning.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:02:55 +0000

Well, not yet…

By: Bunnies

Bunnies — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:47:51 +0000

Well, guess nothing happened after all.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:55:58 +0000

I agree with that to a degree as the experts only ‘believe’ that Confiker will kick off on April 1st – there’s nothing to guarantee that it will.