'Conficker' Worm to Hit April 1

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   No this is not an April Fool's Day joke, this is serious. Every few years, the internet is hit by a vicious malware that wreaks havoc on on computers. And it all seems to happen on one day, April 1st, and security experts are racing against time to mitigate the impact of this hazard. For some reason, malware creators like to target April Fool's Day and this latest attack, known as Conficker C, is rumored to be the most damaging attack seen in years. 

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Ian MacCosley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/05/2007 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 994	Quote Reply Topic: 'Conficker' Worm to Hit April 1 Posted: Mar/26/2009 at 10:28am
	No this is not an April Fool's Day joke, this is serious. Every few years, the internet is hit by a vicious malware that wreaks havoc on on computers. And it all seems to happen on one day, April 1st, and security experts are racing against time to mitigate the impact of this hazard. For some reason, malware creators like to target April Fool's Day and this latest attack, known as Conficker C, is rumored to be the most damaging attack seen in years. Full story: A Computer Blog: Conficker Worm to Hit April 1
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arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Posted: Mar/26/2009 at 4:41pm
	I had some lady today on Twitter ask if this was a joke. How sad is that when people won't even admit that something this bad could be real? I guess we will just have to wait and see how bad it is.
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Ian MacCosley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/05/2007 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 994	Quote Reply Posted: Mar/26/2009 at 4:50pm
	The parliamentary IT system has suffered a virus attack, joining millions of other computers that have fallen victim to the Conficker computer virus. Full dreadful story
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Ian MacCosley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/05/2007 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 994	Quote Reply Posted: Mar/30/2009 at 10:36am
	Hey, we're talking 2 days here. Is this thing going to be big?
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