Greys & Things

I am not sure where I have been, but today was the first time that I have heard about the Conflicker Worm.  It is supposed to strike tomorrow, April 1st.  My heart started racing as soon as it heard about it on the news.  I work at home and rely on my computer and I cannot afford to have a worm infecting my system as I am sure you can’t either.

The news program I watch in the morning kept giving teasers about the worm and that an expert will be on to tell me how to protect my computer.  I waited impatiently.  I turned up the TV really loud so that I could hear it while showering so that I wouldn’t miss anything.  I turned on my laptop and accessed the Internet waiting to find out what I needed to do.  Finally, the expert came on.  I was extremely disappointed in his advice.  He didn’t tell me anything because he doesn’t know anything.  He doesn’t know what the worm will do.  He did not say anything about protecting my computer.  The only advice the news anchor gave at the end of the interview was to visit their website.  I did that and finally I was able to at least come up with a way to know if my computer was infected.

This is what I learned.  If you can access any of these sites: Microsoft, Symantec, McAfee, AVG, Kaspersky, Trend Micro, F-Secure, Panda, Sophos, SecureWorks or Sunbelt then you are probably not infected. I tested both of my computers and it looks like I am okay.  Here is the link to the site that I found this information. Conflicker Worm

If you have heard anything else about this worm, please feel free to comment.  Maybe it will just be an April fool’s joke and nothing will happen.