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    Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment

    The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    04/30/09

    In reply to Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
    Well, luckily the NWO has installed devices so they can shut down the internet under the guise of the Emergency Broadcast System. That's why Barack Obama is the tip of the spear! It's in revalations people!
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    Image of MINI Driver MINI Driver
    05/01/09

    @H1N1_GitEmSteveDave: What the hell are you spouting on about?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/01/09

    @MINI Driver: Oh c'mon. It's funny!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/30/09

    In reply to Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
    Send Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding Jr.. They'll know what to do.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
    04/30/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: We can kill the virus without killing these Windows boxes. I swear on my soul... that the President does not have the Macs.
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    Image of Ken_Darrow Ken_Darrow
    04/30/09

    In reply to Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment
    What is that thing Ballmer keeps talking about? Apple Tax thingy??? Seems to me the Apple Tax isn't so bad compared to the 9+ billions of Microsoft Tax. :-)
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    Image of Ken_Darrow Ken_Darrow
    04/30/09

    @Ken_Darrow: Awww don't get so upset, I'm just saying..... 9+Billions is what I read from ZDNET... not exactly a site that loves Apple and all.


    [blogs.zdnet.com]

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    Image of matopete matopete
    04/30/09

    @Ken_Darrow: There is no MS tax, the patch is free, The problem here is the hospital relying in software that is clearly not supported by Microsoft as it reached its end of life
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    Image of Ken_Darrow Ken_Darrow
    04/30/09

    @matopete: Umm the MS Tax is downtime, hours to patch all the machines, lost productivity and did I mention downtime? ;-)
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/30/09

    @Ken_Darrow: If you knew how to properly deploy and configure Windows for a business critical environment, you wouldn't those issues...


    I don't.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    If conficker turned out to be effective at eliminating other viruses as well, maybe it could be viewed as an efficient software delivery mechanism for state of the art anti-virus software. $50 would be well worth it, with conficker living in symbiotic harmony in your system, more like a computer bacteria than a virus.
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    Image of WEGGLES90 WEGGLES90
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    How does one tell if they have the Conficker?


    ...other than getting spam.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/09/09

    @WEGGLES90: Go to [www.symantec.com]


    If you can get there you don't have it.

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    Image of IDSkittlez IDSkittlez
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    see this is wat i dnt get i torrent things a go to jus about every type of website have no virus protection watsoever and iv never gotten a worm virus or trojan on my comps
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/09/09

    @IDSkittlez: Did you just get like, partially disemvoweled or something?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    I'm sure the makers of MacAfee are not happy with the idea that something is usurping their product's role.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    04/09/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Now I'm conflicted. I know that viruses are bad, but if it makes the MacAffee people unhappy then it must be inherently good, but viruses are supposed to be bad, but, but...

    *head explodes
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    Image of Révolution Révolution
    04/09/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: ¡puǝ ןןɐɥs ǝǝɟɐɔɯ ɟo ʎuuɐɹʎʇ ǝɥʇ ˙ǝɹnʇnɟ ǝɥʇ sı ɹǝʞɔıɟuoɔ ˙pooƃ sı sı ɹǝʞɔıɟuoɔ ˙ʎɹɹoʍ ʇ,uop
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/09/09

    @Révolution: Funny, I read this just fine.


    I must be related to Cher.

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    Image of nukee nukee
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    That's it? If so, I feel kinda let down. I was expecting something on the scale of SkyNet with all the hoopla.
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    Image of I Think We're Property I Think We're Property
    04/09/09

    @nukee: I know! I was so disappointed on April 1st. I was hoping they'd at least do something interesting, whether it be an attempt at a neural net, an act of random and destructive anarchy, or just teach a mischievous lesson about the need for internet security. Damn heartless corporationsmercenary hackers. More interested in making money than doing something cool.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    04/09/09

    @I Think We're Property: You have no idea how much I was hoping that on April 1st millions of computers around the world were going to have a notification window pop up ever 15 minutes saying "You really should keep your computer up to date".
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    Image of hu_hu_cool hu_hu_cool
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    what? do they still you credit card details while they're at it?
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    Image of Kaspir Kaspir
    04/09/09

    @hu_hu_cool: I'm going to guess you meant 'steal', and I'm also going to guess you just made Mac owners (that you tried to make fun of) really happy that you're not one of them.... (guessing that from your post above)
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    04/09/09

    @Kaspir: Calm down. That mac thing was most likely a joke. And you understood what he meant. He simply misspelled a word.
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    Image of hu_hu_cool hu_hu_cool
    04/09/09

    @badhatharry: cheers dude for backing me up. I actually own two macs as well.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    04/09/09

    @hu_hu_cool: No problem.
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    Image of jackbling jackbling
    04/09/09

    @badhatharry: lol...hmm cant think of a comliment that doesnt sound sarcastic..


    for clarity purposes this is meant in a literal sense: Nice job.

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    04/09/09

    @jackbling: Thank you very much.
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    Image of JackTheTripper JackTheTripper
    04/09/09

    In reply to The Conficker Virus Scams You $50 To Remove It
    DAMN YOU GIZMODO! Why couldn't you have posted this 10 minutes ago?!?!?!?!


    There goes fifty bucks I'll never see again.

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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    04/09/09

    @JackTheTripper: i hope you're joking.
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    Image of hu_hu_cool hu_hu_cool
    04/09/09

    @lostarchitect: I'm guessing he's a mac user too.
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    Image of Epoch Epoch
    04/09/09

    @hu_hu_cool: probably not, since the virus only infects windows.


    pretty lame attempt to start a flame war.

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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    04/09/09

    @Epoch's apple copyright violation: Pretty sure that was a joke.
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