[BCVHFA] [Dial] Fw: Beware Conficker worm come April 1

[Carl Morgan]

The stuff I've been reading seems to imply that 
if you have your critical updates in place and 
updated virus protection data, you should be ok.

One of the ways the virus enters machines is that 
it has a clever way of trying to figure out the 
password to your computer. Make sure you have a 
really good password that would be difficult to 
decipher. Don't use common terms like “admin” or 
“1234”, etc.   Passwords that combine numbers and 
letters are especially hard for computers to crack.


73 <> Carl

At 01:21 PM 3/28/2009, you wrote:
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>My uncle sent this too me - I don't normally 
>forward emails, but this one seems legit - and a 
>little warning of things to come
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>LeRoy, KD8BXP

>------Original Message------
>From: Fred W. Michael M.
>
>Subject: FW: Beware Conficker worm come April 1
>Sent: Mar 27, 2009 9:01 PM
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>  I also received an email from PC Tools warning 
> of this virus or worm.  They are of course 
> trying to sell security programs but just in 
> case you don't already have something to 
> prevent invasion by malware, be warned.
>
>----------------
>  Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:05:44 -0700
>From: forpatteeg
>Subject: Beware Conficker worm come April 1
>To: pattee.g
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>Beware Conficker worm come April 1
>In an event that hits the computer world only 
>once every few years, security experts are 
>racing against time to mitigate the impact of a 
>bit of malware which is set to wreak havoc on a 
>hard-coded date. As is often the case, that date is April 1.
>
>Malware creators love to target April Fool's Day 
>with their wares, and the latest worm, called 
>Conficker C, could be one of the most damaging attacks we've seen in years.
>
>Conficker first bubbled up in late 2008 and 
>began making headlines in January as known 
>infections topped 9 million computers. Now in 
>its third variant, Conficker C, the worm has 
>grown incredibly complicated, powerful, and 
>virulent... though no one is quite sure exactly 
>what it will do when D-Day arrives.
>
>http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/128643/beware-conficker-worm-come-april-1/
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