Conficker postmortem: Hype distracted but threat is real

Iria · Apr 3, 2009, 04:33 AM

April 1 has come and gone and in the minds of many people the Conficker worm turned out to be a joke instead of the major Internet security event that might have been envisioned. Was the hype good, or bad, and who is to blame?
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Source: Security Blog (News.com)

Judas · Apr 3, 2009, 04:51 AM

i've had more problems with

Anti-Virus 2008
Anti-Virus 2009
Anti-Virus 360

nothing confuses the shit out of average joes more then a virus that mimicks an anti-virus.

Robert McClelland · Apr 3, 2009, 05:05 AM

Judas Used Comodo internet suite it's awesome

Judas · Apr 3, 2009, 05:13 PM

comodo on some machines causes instant BSODs

Apr 3, 2009, 04:33 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Conficker postmortem: Hype distracted but threat is real April 1 has come and gone and in the minds of many people the Conficker worm turned out to be a joke instead of the major Internet security event that might have been envisioned. Was the hype good, or bad, and who is to blame? _______________ Source: Security Blog (News.com)

Apr 3, 2009, 05:05 AM	#3
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,668 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Re: Conficker postmortem: Hype distracted but threat is real Judas Used Comodo internet suite it's awesome __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png correct the correct one now