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#1 Posted: 3/31/2009 9:55:32 AM From Microsoft
From Department of Homeland Security. Yeah, big brother is involved. That should tell you that there is a huge concern about this.
From the U.S. CERT. Yes there is actually a department for this. Nasty bunch of outcast nerds they are. They don't hold thier alcohol very well at meetings either.  |
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#2 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:00:46 AM I heard the creators are from Russia.  |
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#3 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:05:38 AM
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#4 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:06:21 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by Lippsman:
From the U.S. CERT. Yes there is actually a department for this. Nasty bunch of outcast nerds they are. They don't hold thier alcohol very well at meetings either.
 Wow  . Great info on all 3 sources  .
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#5 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:09:18 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by Ace77: Its already April 1 in Oz so do i get raped before you guys or does this worm rape everyone on April 1 American time meaning i get raped tommorrow
Mainly the date on your computer. So you should be allright. |
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#6 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:13:02 AM
My computer seems to be working as normal,followed all the advice from yesterday
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#7 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:28:10 AM
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#8 Posted: 3/31/2009 11:06:06 AM  My computer doesn't work half the time anyway. |
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#9 Posted: 3/31/2009 12:50:15 PM Lippsman,
thanks for all the info. Appreciate it... |
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#10 Posted: 3/31/2009 1:29:27 PM This worm seems to infect mainly pcs on a network. IE, businesses mainly. |
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#11 Posted: 3/31/2009 1:31:36 PM The 60 Minutes report on conflicker says it's mainly Russian rightwingers who hate the US that's running the programs.
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#12 Posted: 3/31/2009 9:39:58 PM The 60 Minutes report on conflicker says it's mainly Russian rightwingers who hate the US that's running the programs.
Aussies are safe from the worm  Americans  |
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#13 Posted: 3/31/2009 9:54:13 PM QUOTE Originally Posted by luckbythetruck:
The 60 Minutes report on conflicker says it's mainly Russian rightwingers who hate the US that's running the programs.
Hey, someone tell them that we pretty much got rid of our anti-Russian neocons
These people have nothing better to do than to cause more problems for the World.. . Everybody is hurting from the Economy already...  |
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#14 Posted: 3/31/2009 10:35:08 PM
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#15 Posted: 4/1/2009 12:17:26 AM QUOTE Originally Posted by TrojanHorse:
Hey Lipps, should we uninstall Bitdefenders quickscan after we find out the news? The little red bitdefender icon is staring ominously at me from the bottom corner of my browser
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#16 Posted: 4/1/2009 12:33:34 AM
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