Are you worried about the Conficker virus?

Not particularly worried, I do regular scans and I don’t open things that could potentially screw me over. That said, I downloaded some of the stuff of microsoft.com and am running a system check now, just to be sure.

EDIT: Scans done. Clean!

yessssssss.

I hope it used for something more than spam. Not in a malicious way but if you create a virus that has people talking about it and you release it on April Fool’s Day I would hope it has a little harmless creativety in it. That’s what I’d do anyway.

Not at all. I knew I bought a Mac for a reason :).

I was at first. Then I called my little brother. He is a computer genius. He told us not to worry about it, that’s it’s no big deal, and that if something did happen he’d fix it. I guess I’m lucky to have a back up plan.

BTW I liked the link you gave. MUCH better than the ones I found while searching the web before I broke down and decided to call lil bro.

Just downloaded the Microsoft update that is recommended to stave off Conficker. Thanks y’all!

Update for everyone.
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Nothing really was suppose to happen on April 1st. Except that conficker was starting (it will take a couple months for every computer to update) to the new version “C” to “D”.
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So far, Conficker doesn’t really do anything except update, block security websites, open up doors for itself, copy itself ot other computers and disable protection software
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The question is what will Conficker do?
There are theories that the guy is building a huge computer “bot-network” in which he can command Millions of computers to do his bidding. maybe hack the government, send spam, steal millions of financial records, phishing scams who knows…
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So right now there is nothing to be terribly worried about… except getting it off your computer if you have it. (have fun if you are on D already Heh..)
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Here are some tools for removal and scanning (scroll to ”What should I do? How do I know if I have it? How do I remove it?”):
http://www.myinfosec.org/index.php/2009/04/01/who-got-fooled-on-april-fools/
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