April 2, 2009

• Conflicker Virus Fallout (UPDATE 2)

  As the Washington Post reports (and of course, as was expected), the Conflicker virus has activated . Issues have been seen in Iceland, Alaska, England, and Washington. Interesting story.
  

  Have you noticed any fallout from the Conflicker Virus?

  PS. If you want to know if you are currently infected, you can try going to http://microsoft.com , since the virus apparently blocks access to that website. To avoid getting viruses in the future, avoid going to questionable websites, make sure your windows has all the security updates, and don’t open strange attachments in emails, even if they are from your friends.

  UPDATE: The article mentions that a military base was taken over, as well as Icelandic ATM machines.
  UPDATE 2: The article in the Washington Post was an April Fool’s day joke. I guess the lesson is never trust the Washington Post, at least on April Fool’s day. As far as I know there’s been no effect from the conflicker virus.
  

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