Conficker test

Noreen · 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

Rik · 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.

Ray · 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.

And me.

Noreen · Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:08

Strange, it works for me.

My computer is clean too!

Rik · Apr 07, 2009, 18:22:37

Quote from: Sheltieuk on Apr 07, 2009, 18:21:33
And me.

Scrubbed freshly this morning.

Rik · 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.

Noreen · 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.

Yes

Rik · Apr 07, 2009, 18:25:54

It could be that IDNet's DNS hadn't updated first time round then.

kinmel · 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.

Simon · Apr 07, 2009, 21:44:02

All clean here.

Glenn · Apr 07, 2009, 21:56:32

I just tested mine, all OK too

zappaDPJ · 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.

Rik · Apr 10, 2009, 10:06:37

It's a worrying trend, the smart worm.

Simon · Apr 10, 2009, 12:48:16

I've not actually heard of anyone who's managed to get infected with this yet.

Rik · Apr 10, 2009, 12:49:10

Hopefully, members here or at Pals are savvy enough not to.

Simon · Apr 10, 2009, 13:13:04

Or at least, not admit to it.

zappaDPJ · 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

Rik · Apr 10, 2009, 15:54:54

I bet the car parking fines system is kept clean.

zappaDPJ · Apr 10, 2009, 17:07:05

Hehe, that wouldn't surprise me at all. I've found them to be extraordinarily efficient!

Rik · Apr 10, 2009, 17:11:35

Not to mention blood-sucking.