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How Do You Know if you Have the Conficker Worm? Use This Handy Chart&#


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source: http://www.theintern...=1cxXo0R746K295

With April 1st come and gone, many people are wondering “How do I know if I have the Conficker worm?” How do you know if you have the Conficker virus? (Also known asDownadup.)

Here’s how to tell if you have the Conficker virus. With the Conficker Eyechart. Now the answer to how to know if you have the Conficker worm is just a link-click away!

A consortium of security companies, including F-Secure, Trend Micro and Secure Works, and many more, have banded together to create a simple eye-chart style test which will determine whether your computer is infected with the Conficker worm!

Here’s how it works: a ‘chart’ of six images is displayed on the page. The clever folks at these companies have rigged the chart so that some of the images will not display if you have one version of the Conficker worm, other images will not display with another version of Conficker, and if your computer is not infected, you’ll see all six images. Nifty, huh?

Test your computer to tell if you have Conficker.

Edited by Broni, 10 April 2009 - 12:58 PM.

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I'm not infected!!!! :)
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I like the test. The test truly shows that Conficker has the possibility of blocking images and links to security websites.

As per my computer security research, apparently Conficker.E is on the loose in development. As Conficker.D is already active, the 'E' variant has a big update to invade Peer-2-Peer networks. Users should always beware of keyloggers with the new variants.

Conficker.E's favorite websites are: CNN.com, MSN.com, ebay.com, Myspace.com, and AOL.com. Apparently, it also uses a local IP, if no Internet connection is available.
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http://news.bbc.co.u...ogy/7991422.stm

The Conficker worm has started to update infected machines with a mystery package of data.

Computer security firms watching the malicious program noticed that it sprang into life late on 8 April.

The activity on its update system delivered encrypted software to compromised machines. It is not yet clear what the payload contains.
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The strong encryption on the payload has, so far, prevented detailed analysis of what it actually does. However, security experts speculate that it is a "rootkit" that will bury itself deep in Windows in order to steal saleable data such as bank website login details.


Edited by Broni, 09 April 2009 - 10:19 PM.

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Excellent link. This information is great and helpful.

Here is more information:

Several researchers also said there might be a connection between the authors of Conficker and of another program known as Waladec, a malware program that has been used to distribute fraudulent advertisements through e-mail spam. They also noted that the Conficker authors have switched strategies and are using the program’s peer-to-peer mechanism to update the system. Originally, they had appeared to plan to download instructions to Conficker by generating new Internet addresses that infected machines could download instructions from.


Original link: Malicious Software is Revised - NYTimes.com
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What a great find Broni.
Thank, you. i am clean on my machine.
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Wow. That was the easiest test I've taken in a long time. Did I pass? :)
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You're welcome, guys :)
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OMG that test took less than a second. LOL Well it took me more than a second to read the explanation but i guess that doesn't count.

Thank you for that find Broni.

A note to public. I am not affected with the alleged virus breakout last April Fools! Yey!

Edited by Cashes, 22 April 2009 - 12:32 PM.

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omg, i have a rootkit virus showing up and just wondered... so i did this. It says that it's possibly conficker... dang it dang it dang it. So what now?????? I disconnected my pc form the internet completely. unplugged and all. I'm borrowing my mother's laptop to find out what to do.
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I suggest that you start a new topic in the Malware Removal - HiJackThis™ Logs Go Here area.

Before you post a log click on this link --> You Must Read This Before Posting A Hijackthis Log
this will give you a few preparations to make, as well as instruction for posting your Hijackthis log.

If you are still having problems after being given a clean bill of health from the malware expert, then please return to THIS thread and we will pursue other options to help you solve your current problem(s).
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Either the site is down, or I'm horribly infected... :)
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It doesn't load for me either.
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I’ve been testing the conflicker worm and download.com is blocked, if that can load up, just try typing in download.com in your browser.


it should show with the basic unable to connect to the website.

Edited by tyler kick you fase, 11 May 2009 - 04:06 PM.

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I am able to connect perfectly. Maybe the site was down for a period of time.
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