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    Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    God help us all...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    The obvious solution would be for all of us to disconnect our computers permanently. Look at how much suffering this cyber culture has caused. Wouldn't it be great to go back to a simpler time?


    Hey guys, what's with all the pitch forks? Why are you torching my house?? OH GOD NO!!!

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    Image of s017jrs s017jrs
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    I don't understand how people are still infected with this thing. It's been all over the news, all over teh intarwebs, just about everybody that has a job working with computers has seen some warning on their intranet about it, every IT dweeb everywhere knows about it, hell I even check for the patch when I do IT audits.


    I guess the stupid is far more prolific than I'd once thought.

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    Image of 7egend 7egend
    04/09/09

    @s017jrs: I never ran the patch much less updated cause I really don't feel like it, or the need to do it.


    If my windows computer is corrupted beyond use, I will just do a clean install and carry on about my life. Good thing about this is my primary computing needs are done mostly on a Mac though.

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    04/09/09

    @7egend: It's funny how one's own stupidity can re-enforce one's own prejudices...


    "...cause I really don't feel like it, or the need to do it."

    WTF is wrong with you boy?

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/09/09

    @s017jrs: As I understand it, the virus/worm blocks access to update servers, so unless you actively update your software/run update checks, it disables automatic updates, and most are none the wiser.
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    Image of Dethzilla Dethzilla
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    Uhm... there is a solution. Wipe your heard drive. Scrub it... Reinstall... never connect to the internet again.
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    Image of BEERxTaco BEERxTaco
    04/09/09

    @Dethzilla: or:


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    04/09/09

    @BEERxTaco: Suicide is never the answer.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/09/09

    @LetMeSayThisAboutThat: Yeah that looks more like a power line than a network cable.


    BZZZZZZTTZZZZTTBZZZTTBZZZTTT *you=dead*

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/09/09

    @Dethzilla: I tried scrubbing my drive, but it didn't work afterwards. Which sponge should I have used? The pink, blue, or green?
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    So, it tries to connect to a bunch of random domain names and then downloads whatever and does whatever (maybe).


    Wouldn't it be possible to write code telling it to delete itself, upload it to one of the many many many domain names it supposedly checks in on, and then blammo!? Problem solved, zombies slain, we live to get infected another day?


    There is an ethical debate about messing with someone else's computer, but similar things have been done before.

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    04/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: I'm interested in these "similar things." It is an interesting idea, but it seems to be a very novel approach to solving the problem, has it happened before? Is there precedent?


    I seem to recall some vigilante efforts for bugbear that did more harm than good, but somthing sanctioned by a government? Sounds dangerous.

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    Image of krom krom
    04/09/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: won't work as conficker communicates with the network only via encryption and with handshake authentication.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    04/09/09

    @krom: Then write an anti-virus-virus that will do epic battle with the conficker on the physical machine and then replicate and move on to other nearby infected machines...
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/09/09

    @bpapa9013 - Is now an ego maniac thanks to his new star ->: Conficker is really the new Tron movie.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    Brains... brains... delicious PC brains....
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    Image of elementary elementary
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    Trend Micro, in a blog post that sounds more like it was written by a President in an apocalypse movie than a software security expert


    Remember when they saved the world from the aliens with a goddamned computer virus? How boring can you get? There's nothing worse then when a movie's dramatic prose is the oh so suspenseful progress bar. At this point, not even Randy Quaid on a kamikaze mission could pull me back in.

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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    Anyone in Canada know anyone who's infected with Conficker? I work on a lot of peoples' computers and it's the first thing I check for (see Conficker Eye Chart [www.confickerworkinggroup.org]), and so far I haven't seen one infected machine.
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    Image of e2drummer e2drummer
    04/09/09

    @SJRNWT: My entire university's computer network is infected. Went to class one morning and every single screen in the entire lab had a warning stating it was infected with Conficker.
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    04/09/09

    @Maksimir: Texas A&M. I've only seen it in engineering computer labs, so I don't know if it has spread to the student computing center. I had to scan my flash drive because Conficker tried to hitch a ride back to my own computer.
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    Image of ezman ezman
    04/09/09

    @e2drummer: Good gravy, you might want to consider switching schools if they hadn't updated their computers in that long...wow. Just wow.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/09/09

    @ezman: Why do you think Frucci switched?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/09/09

    In reply to Conficker'd Machines Are All Doing... Something
    OK, I'm scared enough that I might need to take action. I know removing the heads of Zombies kills them. What do I need to smash/cut/shoot off to "kill" a zombie PC?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave:

    you have to use this command:

    Sudo rm -h /zombie
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    Image of TheShadesOfGrey TheShadesOfGrey
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave:

    Shotguns work just as well on zombies and zombie PC's alike.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: Scratch "shoot" off your list, because lord Obama will have taken all our guns from us. you'll see.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/09/09

    @TheShadesOfGrey: I was thinking about getting as it was. Any load suggestions? Slug? 00?
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    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: 12 gauge 00 shots should be good. It's to cause as massive trauma as possible to stop the target. Besides, these zombies aren't armoured. a .357 JHP Magnum should also do the job, as will several shots with .45ACP.


    @lpranal: Way to bring politics into the post, troll. Shoo.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    04/09/09

    @Kyonko wants a preview button.: Well, some computers have Japanese steel cases, and I worry if they can deflect some loads.
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    Image of lpranal lpranal
    04/09/09

    @Kyonko wants a preview button.: It was obviously a joke and not meant to be taken seriously. Sometimes I forget just how serious the internet is, unfortunately.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/09/09

    @lpranal: Actually, Obama isn't anti-gun, but pathetic troll attempt.
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    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: Only bukake loads since they're spread out.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/09/09

    @lpranal: Mostly many of us are just REALLY tired of pro or anti obama crap at random and really just want to get on w/ our lives in a post bushocalypse.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04/09/09

    @VideoOrItDidn'tHappen_GitEmSteveDave: You just need a big ass, powerful magnet to slap on the side of the PC case and give it an instant lobotomy...
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    11/18/08

    In reply to Verizon's BlackBerry Storm Private Pre-Sale Has No Storms
    Stay alert, don't contract S.T.O.R.M.S. (Sexually Transmitted Organic Rapid Mutation Syndrome)!
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    11/18/08

    In reply to Verizon's BlackBerry Storm Private Pre-Sale Has No Storms
    Seems Verizon needs to work on its 'Boom'.
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