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Technical News & Discussion => Windows News & Discussion => Topic started by: Noreen on Apr 07, 2009, 18:07:15

Title: Conficker test
Post by: Noreen on Apr 07, 2009, 18:07:15
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

Read about it here http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=114002
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:11:16
That top link doesn't work for me, Noreen, but this does:

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/

and I'm clean.  :thumb:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Ray on Apr 07, 2009, 18:21:33
Quote from: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:11:16
That top link doesn't work for me, Noreen, but this does:

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/

and I'm clean.  :thumb:

And me.  :)  :thumb:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Noreen on Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:08
Strange, it works for me. ??? My computer is clean too!
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:37
Quote from: Sheltieuk on Apr 07, 2009, 18:21:33
And me.  :)  :thumb:

Scrubbed freshly this morning. ;)
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:53
Quote from: Noreen on Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:08
Strange, it works for me. ??? My computer is clean too!

Do you use OpenDNS? It's working now anyway - perhaps I just hit the server at a bad time.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Noreen on Apr 07, 2009, 18:24:39
Quote from: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:53
Do you use OpenDNS? It's working now anyway - perhaps I just hit the server at a bad time.  :dunno:
Yes
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2009, 18:25:54
It could be that IDNet's DNS hadn't updated first time round then.
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: kinmel on Apr 07, 2009, 19:31:39
People using OpenDNS have no need to worry, they are automatically protected anyway.

OpenDNS automatically prevents Conficker from phoning home to contact it's Botnet  and signed up OpenDNS users have been getting  confirmation of their Conficker status on their account page for some time..........



Conficker status: OpenDNS has detected no suspicious queries related to the Conficker virus from your network.
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Simon on Apr 07, 2009, 21:44:02
All clean here.  :)
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Glenn on Apr 07, 2009, 21:56:32
I just tested mine, all OK too
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: zappaDPJ on Apr 10, 2009, 04:20:08
Conficker begins stealthy update: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7991422.stm

It's starting to get a little intriguing. I wonder what sort of payload this virus will deliver.
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 10:06:37
It's a worrying trend, the smart worm. :(
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Simon on Apr 10, 2009, 12:48:16
I've not actually heard of anyone who's managed to get infected with this yet.  :dunno:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 12:49:10
Hopefully, members here or at Pals are savvy enough not to. :fingers:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Simon on Apr 10, 2009, 13:13:04
Or at least, not admit to it.   :evil:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: zappaDPJ on Apr 10, 2009, 13:14:30
I think most of the members around here are switched on enough not to get infected.

It's just confined to the House of Commons, the MoD, the Royal Navy's warships and a few Health Authorities that are still using Norton's Antivirus without a subscription. So nobody too important really  :whistle:
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 15:54:54
 ;D

I bet the car parking fines system is kept clean. ;)
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: zappaDPJ on Apr 10, 2009, 17:07:05
Hehe, that wouldn't surprise me at all. I've found them to be extraordinarily efficient!
Title: Re: Conficker test
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 17:11:35
Not to mention blood-sucking. :)
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