Dept. Homeland Security Releases Conficker Tool

[JMcEntegart]

We’re living out the last hours of March 2009 and as April 1 draws closer, questions are mounting about the Conficker virus and what will happen once the clock ticks past midnight.

Dept. Homeland Security Releases Conficker Tool : Read more

 

[alentor]

lol, thats my first commet ;d

 

[randomizer]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

 

[turbolover22]

Does anybody have any links (from a reputable site) to this tool?

 

[mtyermom]

OH NOES!

 

[Greatwalrus]

[citation][nom]turbolover22[/nom]Does anybody have any links (from a reputable site) to this tool?[/citation]
I might be mistaken, but this article made it sound like it's not available to the consumer.

[citation][nom]randomizer[/nom]AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!![/citation]
lol.

 

[waikano]

Feds only....It's a conspiracy man.....

 

[waikano]

Note to self, add sarcasm tags next time.

 

[Guest]

bs press release, no link....our tax dollars at work our tax dollars at work

 

[Guest]

can't you just set your computer time forward to april 1st to see if it really is true??

 

[Greatwalrus]

[citation][nom]l2jc[/nom]can't you just set your computer time forward to april 1st to see if it really is true??[/citation]
Lol, good thinking, but as far as I know, Conficker is controlled remotely and the creators just have to "press a button" whenever they want it to do something. So in other words, the creators will press that button when they want to (on april 1st)

 

[g-thor]

Maybe I'm cynical, but this really makes me wonder. I would want a software engineer to evaluate the DHS program to make sure it isn't installing any spyware of its own, or maybe a backdoor access for the government.

Darn, where's my tinfoil hat? :^0

 

[m3kt3k]

LOL I just had a customer that got it from there mom who works at the courts. I told her I needed to "Research" it. Maby I should post it somehwhere lol.

 

[tommysch]

APRIL 1 ... Doesnt that ring a bell in your head?

 

[frozenlead]

This is almost as good as War Games.

 

[JonnyDough]

Releasing the counter-agent is exactly what those hacking bastards wanted us to do. They now know exactly how we respond to cyber war. we should have just acted disinterested and spread it through the media channels that we are all switching to Linux anyway. Way to go governors. Now we can all bow to our new Chinese overlords.

 

[JonnyDough]

Maybe the fed is pretending to say the Chinese made the worm, just so the Swedes don't know that we're really on to them. Smug Swedish bastards. It's our weekly "Hate a European Nation Day" at work, sorry.

 

[wrack]

April 1st here in Australia.

 

[ZeroTech]

Maybe the privileged of deciding what action to make the worm do is being sold in the black market 😛

 

[trogrey121]

All about conficker:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx

All about the patch to the hole conficker uses:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958644

Download page for the patch
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0D5F9B6E-9265-44B9-A376-2067B73D6A03&displaylang=en

 

[JonnyDough]

[citation][nom]ZeroTech[/nom]Maybe the privileged of deciding what action to make the worm do is being sold in the black market[/citation]

Racist! We whites have illegal markets too!

 

[QuatuorMortis]

TO TROGREY121

As you should know, your links are useless. Anyone infected by the Conficker virus cannot get internet access to Microsoft's website.

Download utility from here:

http://download.cnet.com/Symantec-W32-Downadup-Removal-Tool/3000-2239_4-10911656.html?tag=mncol

It takes a very long time for it to scan your system and remove virus (2-3 hours) but it works.