From my understanding not using your computer or turning it off tomorrow won’t help. If your computer is going to be infected by the conficker worm, it has already happened. It has already infected millions of computers. Tomorrow is the day that the worm is supposed to be activated to start doing its job. A way to find out if your computer is infected is to try and visit Microsoft’s website or any of the major antivirus websites such as Norton’s, McAfee, etc. If you are not able to navigate those sites, then your computer is infected. This is by the worm’s design to not let you download any patches or updates to get rid of it. If this is the case for you, have a friend download the latest patch and email it to you.
In 1997, I managed to scoop up a key logger and literally nobody could associate with the activity I was encountering. With respect to this Conflicker, I think I fell prey to the “hype of the media”. I’m glad it was not as bad as it seemed. People that did not update, and specifically larger corporations were targets. Scary scenario - as reported.
Key loggers, back door trojans, etc…were surfacing at that time. I had a difficult time finding experts that could associate the activity on my PC with a key logger.PizzaDiva:
I know what a key logger is but have no idea what you just said.Charles:
In 1997, I managed to scoop up a key logger and literally nobody could associate with the activity I was encountering
