Thanks, Just saw something on local news, with advice like this. Even if computer is patched and updated couldn't this virus clog the internet by spamming lots of computers? This was suggested on the local news show as a potential problem.
Randall On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Chris Dunford <[email protected]>wrote: > > Anyone see the 60 Minutes piece Sunday on the deadly > > computer virus sweeping the world? The story suggested > > that there is some reason to think it might be activated > > in millions of computers by its creator on April 1 to do > > harm or create mischief. Any thoughts about how serious > > this might be and what we should be doing about it, if > > anything? Keep computers turned off tomorrow (April 1)? > > This short answer comes from F-Secure: > > Q: I heard something really bad is going to happen on the Internet on April > 1st! Will it? > A: No, not really. > > The longer answer is, if your Windows is even moderately up-to-date in > terms > of patches, you're fine. The vulnerability was patched last October > (MS08-67). You can check your Windows Update history to be sure. > > If you really want to get all warm & fuzzy, run Windows Update, and then > run > one of the free checkers. There are lots of them, listed here: > > http://tinyurl.com/cg9loc > > If that's busy, here's are a couple of them: > > http://tinyurl.com/8nbwux (Symantec) > http://tinyurl.com/65a2um (F-Secure) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
