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Martin H. Eastburn Martin H. Eastburn is offline
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Default Conflicker Worm

What I heard was it has been in the works for years.
It was first delivered to 'us' in 2000. It lights up
on April 1.

There are variants of it - the maker made a number of
them so it would be a mess to track them.

Martin

cavelamb wrote:
What's it going to be?

Y2K melodrama?

April Fools Day Joke?

Or

The End of the World?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker

http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...cker-worm.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/...ome;topStories



As of 13 February 2009, Microsoft is offering a $250,000 USD reward for
information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals
behind the creation and/or distribution of Conficker