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more about #worm shorty6049: ugh. has anyone noticed that he mac vs. pc arguments have been getting more and more heated lately, or is that just me? All these arguments are the sa... more » mizunoer: I am an admin at the University of Utah for a small department (not at the med school thank goodness) but if anyone noticed the quote at the end of th... more » canyoncarver: Seriously, enough with the "Macs don't get viruses" crap. I use a Mac and think their great, but the only reason that they don't have more viruses ai... more » IN THE FACE!: I kinda like these worm scares, its a good test to see who is a dipshit and doesn't run AV/A-MW or keep their computer up to date... The preventative ... more » FredicvsMaximvs: Dammit, there goes my worldwide rickroll... more » Monty: I was thinking the media has not had a good Internet scare to report in quite a while, and here comes Conficker to save us from our financial crises b... more » Kaiser-Machead: I just installed Avira on the old Inspiron, and from what I can tell, it also comes in Mac form, so I guess the ol' Powermac'll get a dose as well. Ne... more » Shezbo: Conficker Megaworm = April 1st Naked Ron Jeremy on your desktop. more » JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2: I make no apologies for the fact that I love Tremors. more » strider_mt2k: Batten down the hatches! 'Tis a MEDIA STORM A COMIN'! more » Geisrud: Hmm, Pinky and the Brain will have to try to take over the world another time. more » Curves: I am not terribly worried, since I dont have a lot on mine to steal anyway, unless it peeks in my picture or super-secret resipe folders.....I kind of... more » squirrelbo1: nobody else think that gizmodo are doing this as an april fool, making all of us turn our machines off lol more » Zedster The Myuu: OMG!! *screams like a little girl* The world is gonna crash!!! *runs around in a panic* more » Kaiser-Machead: What a joke on us if it turns out it's actually the first fully spreadable Mac virus. more » OMG! Ponies!: Norton's Journal: October 15, 1985 - A PC died in New York. Trojan in zip file this morning, malicious code in suspicious attachment. The internet is... more » The Amazing Ant: Haha, and I thought my April 1st jokes were cruel.Why do I get the feeling all the hacked computers are going to just turn into one giant iFart app? more » Linux chief hardware engineer: Should have got a mac. Superior sandbox technology :) more » strider_mt2k: Time's up time's here! -for the Watchmen! Watch out! more » Kaiser-Machead: Technically, it's a brainy squid, with a vagina face. more » -
#conficker
11th-Hour Fix May Protect Huge Corporate Networks From Conficker Worm's Nastiness
Zero-hour approaches for the awakening of the Conficker megaworm. As we explained, Conficker can evade detection like none before it. But security experts have released a scanner that may save your IT professional's sanity tomorrow. More » -
#gizexplains
Giz Explains: How a Brainy Worm Might Jack the World's PCs on April 1
It's lurking in millions of PCs around the world. It's incredibly sophisticated and resilient, with built-in p2p and digital code-signing technology. It revels in killing security software. On April 1, the Conficker worm will activate. More » -
#microsoft
Microsoft and Cybersecurity Superfriends Offer $250k for Conficker Worm Maker
Microsoft is offering a $250,000 bounty for the Conficker worm's designer. Microsoft isn't alone in this hunt for the writer of the biggest PC worm in recent history. More »
