~No song today.~
~I don't do April's fools day.~
~It annoys me to no end.~
~I shall not prank my friends.~
~Bad Gaia is Bad.~
~Gave me a minor heart attack.~
~And I did suffer a minor anxiety attack.~
~This day sucked.~
The following is from the follow-up article to the article I posted yesterday.
Again, if you read this, please drop me a note of some kind.
I'm still hoping that this was just a joke, but...
There are rumors that Mircosoft's website was down for most of the day.
"April 1st has arrived for the whole world now, which means the dreaded Conficker.C -- perhaps the most technologically sophisticated malware attack ever designed -- is no longer dormant and is now actively looking for instructions on the internet.
That's the bad news. The good news: Those instructions either haven't been delivered by the worm's creators or (far less likely) Conficker has been thwarted by the attempts to raise awareness about the attack and stop it in its tracks, scaring off the creators.
As discussed widely in the media (and in a server-melting blog post here), Conficker was scheduled to go live on April 1 (local time), which meant it would no longer sit dormant on your computer but would rather begin polling the web for its instructions.
And as I mentioned as a possibility yesterday, those instructions have not yet been delivered despite the arrival of D-Day, so while Conficker is indeed "phoning home," no one is answering the call.
Yet.
Vigilance is key for now, as those instructions could be delivered at any time. Given the panic many people are experiencing over the arrival of April 1 (thank you for all the emails...), if I were a malware writer, I'd wait until tomorrow -- or later -- before launching the real attack, after guards had been let down a bit and people thought the coast was clear. That's not the case.
I'll reiterate that, despite the fact that it hasn't yet gone haywire, I don't believe Conficker is a hoax. This is an extremely sophisticated piece of programming that is indeed looking for instructions from its creator on what to do next and is simply idling in the meantime. Just because those instructions haven't been given does not mean you're safe from attack.
Don't panic, but keep your antivirus running and update, and make sure Windows is patched. My prior post has additional information on keeping yourself protected, whether Conficker finally goes live later today or a year from now."
I got the follow-up article from here.
...
I can't do it.
No matter how srs I try to be today...
I have to do this...
AND NO IT'S NOT A RICK ROLL.
I hate those things!
And if I would have to rick roll myself in order to rick roll you... gonk
I'm not doing that to myself.
But I did tell a lie to you...
I said there would be no song...
And there was a song so...
HAPPY APRIL'S FOOLS DAY!
And keep your computers safe! scream
~I don't do April's fools day.~
~It annoys me to no end.~
~I shall not prank my friends.~
~Bad Gaia is Bad.~
~Gave me a minor heart attack.~
~And I did suffer a minor anxiety attack.~
~This day sucked.~
The following is from the follow-up article to the article I posted yesterday.
Again, if you read this, please drop me a note of some kind.
I'm still hoping that this was just a joke, but...
There are rumors that Mircosoft's website was down for most of the day.
"April 1st has arrived for the whole world now, which means the dreaded Conficker.C -- perhaps the most technologically sophisticated malware attack ever designed -- is no longer dormant and is now actively looking for instructions on the internet.
That's the bad news. The good news: Those instructions either haven't been delivered by the worm's creators or (far less likely) Conficker has been thwarted by the attempts to raise awareness about the attack and stop it in its tracks, scaring off the creators.
As discussed widely in the media (and in a server-melting blog post here), Conficker was scheduled to go live on April 1 (local time), which meant it would no longer sit dormant on your computer but would rather begin polling the web for its instructions.
And as I mentioned as a possibility yesterday, those instructions have not yet been delivered despite the arrival of D-Day, so while Conficker is indeed "phoning home," no one is answering the call.
Yet.
Vigilance is key for now, as those instructions could be delivered at any time. Given the panic many people are experiencing over the arrival of April 1 (thank you for all the emails...), if I were a malware writer, I'd wait until tomorrow -- or later -- before launching the real attack, after guards had been let down a bit and people thought the coast was clear. That's not the case.
I'll reiterate that, despite the fact that it hasn't yet gone haywire, I don't believe Conficker is a hoax. This is an extremely sophisticated piece of programming that is indeed looking for instructions from its creator on what to do next and is simply idling in the meantime. Just because those instructions haven't been given does not mean you're safe from attack.
Don't panic, but keep your antivirus running and update, and make sure Windows is patched. My prior post has additional information on keeping yourself protected, whether Conficker finally goes live later today or a year from now."
I got the follow-up article from here.
...
I can't do it.
No matter how srs I try to be today...
I have to do this...
AND NO IT'S NOT A RICK ROLL.
I hate those things!
And if I would have to rick roll myself in order to rick roll you... gonk
I'm not doing that to myself.
But I did tell a lie to you...
I said there would be no song...
And there was a song so...
HAPPY APRIL'S FOOLS DAY!
And keep your computers safe! scream
