Experts say that on April 1st (some time today holy crap!!!!!), a deadly internet worm that has infected an estimated 3+ million Windows computers will be pwned, taking the users down with it. Several hundred thousand internet users will die.
No, seriously. JK. But this is one of the worst computer viruses of all time. Over 3 million Windows Computers were affected, and so far no file has been found that may be the virus. It has the potential to erase every file on your hard drive. If we are lucky, nothing will happen, and that is very likely. Some believe it is attempt to sell something, probably some kind of antivirus. A message might pop up saying you have viruses or something, and will suggest you download a program. If you get it, don't install anything.
No antivirus can currently detect it. It will be activated tomorrow, and there are 2 things you can do to see if you have it. If you have windows update usually turned on, go to your control panel. It probably turned it off. If it is still on, theres a good chance you don't have it. It will also block access to the Microsoft website. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/ and see if the page loads properly. If it does, you're in good shape.
UPDATE: So far, nothing happened. But there is proof that there is a virus on millions of computers worldwide. We are lucky that it didn't cause any computer damage, but it may gradually become worse. It may eventually turn into a keylogger, which will record your keystrokes to steal stuff like bank accounts and passwords.
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CNN- Conflicker.c Virus UPDATE FROM AN EXPERT (3-31-09)
Experts say that on April 1st (some time today holy crap!!!!!), a deadly internet worm that has infected an estimated 3+ million Windows computers will be pwned, taking the users down with it. Several hundred thousand internet users will die.
No, seriously. JK. But this is one of the wo...
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