Worried that you might be infected by the Conficker Virus? Try this:

[NYC_SKP]

The Conficker Eye Chart.

Six embedded images in the chart come from six secured website, conficker could block one or more of the images.
If you see all six, you're probably safe.
Instructions included.

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

:patriot:



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[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. I expected a joke,

something to come leaping off the screen, roaring, but, no, this is on the level.

And my Internet(s) machine appears to be clean. That's good to know.

Thank you for this.

K&R.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Me, joke, moi?

:P

Glad to help, I've got a mac but I know the pain of viruses and an nice tool like this is so much better than downloading some POS application to find out.

NYC_SKP



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[NYC_SKP]

54. .

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[jannyk]

2. Thanks! k&r

[merh]

3. I was worried for a minute there

"secure works" didn't load right away - slow internet I suppose. *whew*

thanks :hi:

[LisaL]

17. Mine never loaded at all. What do I do now? Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[merh]

27. I don't know

I see the OP is helping you out - good luck. :hi:

[LisaL]

28. I am in trouble. None of the programs I got can find anything.

But I can't see secure works at all. WTF is it?
:scared:

[NYC_SKP]

33. Don't worry, run the McAfee tools linked below when you have a chance.

And back up anything vital.

But be careful with the backups, too, because they may carry the virus.

(you'll have to run the detection tool on the backup files later if not earlier. If you debug before backup, no problem)

[merh]

42. Do you have a program

that blocks scripts?

Which browser are you using?

[onehandle]

4. oh, Good. My Mac isn't infected...

...oh, Wait.

[Hissyspit]

12. Hee, hee.

[NYC_SKP]

14. Nor are any of mine.

I just wanted to share a cool tool with all the PCers at DU.

That's me, I'm a giver. I give. It's what I do. :rofl:



But I'm ascared to boot up my PC... :scared:

I left PCs a long time ago but still have the one I used in grad school, there are a couple PC apps I need to use.

[Kittycat]

5. For the glass half empty tin foil fans...

Was anyone concerned that clicking the link might infect your machine? :paranoid:

[DeepBlueC]

21. that was why I didn't check it out

I am quite sure I'm not infected now; why tempt fate?

[NYC_SKP]

32. Are you certain? I'll make it easy, you won't have to click on the link.

If you are reading this reply, you have taken the test!

If you see three logos below, you are safe.







Do you see them all? Then you're safe.

[defendandprotect]

45. Thank you --!!!

[Peacetrain]

47. Thank you!!!

I see them all... :) did not have to download, on time constraint today.. appreciate this very much

[NYC_SKP]

48. You're welcome, I should have posted it that way in the first place.

Some folks are scared to click on a "strange" link.

Even from ME! go figure... :P

[Renew Deal]

6. You're going to need tweezers, a sowing needle, and a blow torch.

:D

[NYC_SKP]

8. Or...

[Common Sense Party]

15. C'mon guys! Maybe you need a refresher course! It's so simple!

It's all ball bearings these days!

[Politicalboi]

52. Thanks G Gordon Liddy

LOL!

[Common Sense Party]

56. Please. Call me Gordo.

Now, let's take a look at that Fetzer valve.

[emilyg]

9. Thanks. I'm safe.

[luvspeas]

10. if you have conficker you can't go to the symantec website....

I guess it blocks access. that's another easy test.

[NYC_SKP]

11. Similar principal, uses six such sites.

Thanks.

[Control-Z]

38. I heard also

you can't go on the microsoft and mcafee sites. Does anyone know if that's true?

[NYC_SKP]

44. There are different variants. n/t

[TorchTheWitch]

46. yup - pretty much most of them

Conficker blocks you from going to most computer related sites where you can get help to clean the virus or obtain cleaning tools to get rid of it. So, pretty much all anti-virus websites like mcafee.com or computer help sites like bleepingcomputer.com... basically any site where you can get information or download cleaning programs to kill the booger. When I got it in January, I was able to find an obscure site forum to get tech help that the developer must not have known about. There are several varients of Conficker each subsequent one covering more sites to block you out of... so the later the varient, the tougher it is to kill.

For most people, it takes obtaining a cleaning tool capable of killing the virus from a non-infected computer, and changing the name of the .exe file for the program to something Conficker wouldn't recognize and loading/intalling/running it on the infected computer. Changing the name of the file is vital as Conficker recognizes them and doesn't allow installation (the clever shit).

Incidently, I DID get the Microsoft patch put out in October when it came out, yet I still got Conficker in January... therefore the patch must not be covering all the varients especially considering that subsequent varients came out after that October patch. Most people seemed to have gotten hit with Conficker in January and February.

I'm sure eventually another varient will come out and it will be even more ghastly then the last one.

[Control-Z]

53. The bad guys

never give up, do they? I've been lucky, lately. {knock wood} A few years ago I got hit with some pretty destructive stuff after I let my kids use my system. Took me a few weeks to find and fix the problems. Two important weeks. Ouch.

Thanks for the full explanation.

[HughMoran]

13. Whew

OK for now...

[LisaL]

16. I see everything but secure works. WTF does that mean and

what do I do about it?

[NYC_SKP]

18. First, give it time, then hit reload.

On my mac, the SecureWorks logo took longer to load.

[LisaL]

20. I gave it lots of time. There is absolutely nothing there.

:scared:

[NYC_SKP]

24. OK, now try these three links:

http://www.secureworks.com/

http://www.symantec.com/index.jsp

Let me know if either of these fail to open.

If one or both don't open, try downloading the McAfee tools here:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/conficker.html

Upper right of page, one is the detection tool, the other is a removal tool.

They are download files.

:patriot:

[LisaL]

25. If both open, am I o'key?

My anti-virus finds nothing, but I suspect I got some sort of infection. Yikes.

[NYC_SKP]

29. Tell me if you see three logos here, then click on the link below them.

I think you may just have a poor connection.







Run the test again:

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html

:patriot:

[LisaL]

31. I will have to work on it tomorrow. I am pretty sure it got infected

with something. Yikes.

[NYC_SKP]

57. Let me know.

I'm curious, sent you a PM.

:hi:

[barbtries]

37. on mine

i had to right click and say show image. then it showed up. but on my practically obsolete circa 2003 Emachine, that's a common scenario.

[ohheckyeah]

19. See if you can get to the McAfee link below:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/confickertest.html

There is a detection tool and you can get information about removal if it finds it on your system.

[LisaL]

22. I have McAfee anti virus on the computer, and it's not finding anything.

Is this different?

[ohheckyeah]

23. Probably but since I wasn't sure I ran the

specific tool for finding the conficker virus. I didn't have it and I have McAfee as well so running it may have been unnecessary but I wanted to be sure.

[TorchTheWitch]

34. Try this...

Try going to any well known computer site like www.bleepingcomputer.com www.mcafee.com www.avg.com www.symantec.com etc. If you can't get to those websites, you got it.

You can also try doing a web search for anything. Conduct a web search and click on a few links that result from your search. If you don't go to the link you clicked on but instead are re-routed to other sites like shopping sites or directory pages, you got it.

Conficker allows your anti-virus to WORK (run scans) but it doesn't let you update so it won't download any updates that will kill the virus. At the end of the scan it will just tell you you're clean when you aren't (because it didn't let you update). A lot of people were duped into thinking they had no infections because they were able to run scans and were told they were clean.

[ColbertWatcher]

26. AH-HA! If I go to that page, it dumps conficker onto my tube!

You can't fool me!

[NYC_SKP]

30. It's a Rovian TARP!!11!!!

It's too late my friend.

By merely replying to this thread, a file named "piratesmile.exe" slipped into your fonts folder and is already compiling your pron into an email to be sent to all your business and family contacts.

Only a hammer can stop this.

Do it now.

Best wishes,

NYC_SKP

[ColbertWatcher]

35. Do you have a link for where I can download hammer.exe? n/t

[NYC_SKP]

43. It's already on your hard disk drive.

It happened as you opened this message. :evilgrin:

[ColbertWatcher]

49. o_0 n/t

[barbtries]

36. thanks

my son and i are both good. i'll check it out at work later.

[Vinca]

39. Thanks - we're good.

[Vapor Trails]

40. Thanks for the link n/t

[a kennedy]

41. thanks too, saw this last week and was clean, still clean as of today....

thank you for posting.

[closeupready]

50. thanks.

k&r

[lovuian]

51. I'm OKkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!

thanks a zillion

[Raine]

55. Whew, I'm OK ... THANKS! nt

:hi: