here is the latest on conficker and when its gonna happen.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5183751/giz-exp...pcs-on-april-1
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here is the latest on conficker and when its gonna happen.
http://i.gizmodo.com/5183751/giz-exp...pcs-on-april-1
It's going to be one ironic April's fools if what they are saying happens..
Probably a good day to stay home or go fishin' ;)
Yeah.. its power when you have then million or so computers just waiting for your instruction's..
Whoohoo !
Ofcourse the number of machines would be low if people would just "patch" .. :x (Cant help those who use pirated version..)
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Originally Posted by ByTeWrangler
So this version i'm using is not up to date?
Version 5.1
(build 2600.xpsp.sp3.gdr - - - -numbers - - -service pack 3)
Jack Sparrow sold it to me.
BitDefender quickscan installed by mozilla add-on.
All Clean.
That wouldn’t say anything about your patches post SP3.Quote:
So this version I’m using is not up to date?
Version 5.1
(build 2600.xpsp.sp3.gdr - - - -numbers - - -service pack 3)
Jack Sparrow sold it to me.
There are 2 ways to find if your OS is patched:
Do a scan at Microsoft update (custom / express)..
Or use PSI by secunia.com..
Using pirated / cracked version of AV / OS gives you no protection at all.. It is actually the stupidest thing to do..
What if you have used nlite etc to strip down a windows OS, applied all the updates etc and installed it?Quote:
Originally Posted by ByTeWrangler
And i used a authentic XP install disc.
am i not protected?
On a laptop that is used around the house here, it is running that XP Gamer.iso
does that mean i'm not protected? even if i used a legit firewall and AV? and have a authentic license key and have all the available updates from ms installed?
Am just curious.. ;)
The source of your software (any) matters a lot.. Having authentic key or a cracked one doesn't matter..
I went through the site.. I'm really not impressed with it.. I wouldn’t use it.. Not on a machine where i do transaction's or access personal information..Quote:
On a laptop that is used around the house here, it is running that XP Gamer.iso
This is where - do you trust the source comes in.. When you say authentic was it out of a box CD or a copy of original..Quote:
And I used a authentic XP install disc.
For the last part of the question I'm sure you know the answer.. AV is effective only as good as the signatures and options (real time, compressed file scanning) etc is set by you..
Firewall is much more then just out of the box install and "allow".. Your rule set defines how good your firewall is besides if there are any vulnerabilities that may exist in the code itself.
There are 2 ways to find if your OS is patched:
Do a scan at Microsoft update (custom / express)..
Or use PSI by secunia.com......
Comment.
Passed simple and advanced modes of Secunia with a couple of fixes on Winzip/Winrar/Winamp/Yahoo/Java.
Have got all latest updates from Microsoft that is possible for what i have.
Now i feel so much better.
Just as secure as i can be and still not spending a cent since 1999.
:err:Quote:
Originally Posted by NukEvil
Awfully close to getting a patch out there, but i do wonder if it's a bit of to little to late, especially for those that don't keep there machines updated, let alone run a virrii scan etc
I'm still awfully curious to find out what this badboy is going to do.:p
Is the sky still falling? Was it really ever? :rolleyes:
I'd just force everyone's browsers to be redirected to a picture of Britney spears' vagina on April fools.
Just another april 1st !
Thank god Im not workin on wednesday. Anyways, for you system administrators out there. Dan Kaminsky and a few other guys have developed a way to scan for Confiker.
http://www.doxpara.com/ Here is his blog with the relevant links. It looks like the guys at nmap are also trying to integrate some scanning.
Have fun finding out that the whole /24 network has it.... or that it has been overhyped since the beginning.
You guys have it all wrong...
it's a plot to divert everyone to webpages containing flash images of lolcats poping out of Britney Spears' Vagina with Rick Astley's music playing in the background.
My betting is that not very much at all will happen.
These guys seem to be rather professional (MD6 hashing? and 500 out of 50,000 URLs a day :eek:) so I would suspect commercially criminal in their ultimate objectives. It wouldn't make much sense to expose their potentially valuable botnet right now?
Unless its the Chinese trying to trash the G20 Summit in London?............ which doesn't make much sense either.
I like China and Russia more than I would France, Italy, and Germany.
If a meteor threatened the earth... the latter group of countrys would want to hold a meeting with dust and rocks.
Please allow me to arrange your "summer camp"?Quote:
I like China and Russia more than I would France, Italy, and Germany.
Muhahahahahahahahahaha :lildevil:
EDIT:
Seems like not much has happened:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...K2sRuhUvjVyzVwQuote:
The worm was programmed to modify itself on Wednesday to become harder to stop and began doing that when infected machines got cues, some from websites with Greenwich Mean Time and others based on local clocks.
Conficker task force members tracking Internet traffic in Asia and Europe after clocks struck April 1st there said there was no sign that the worm was doing anything other than modifying itself to be harder to exterminate.
Anybody know the specific patches to counter conflicker? Chit, I got one office
still running XP/SP1 on some units, SP2 on others. They've got a lot of problems,
needless to say. I'm going in today to scan select machines using nmap (thnx
for that link, luc1d).
edit -- Lazy me, looks like it's MS08-067.
Just to show Jack Sparrow Software can be as secure as the average Joe.
4 images attached.
I'm more inclined to believe it's reading site's like this that has helped keep this P.C clean.
<--- see joined AO date.(also read 1st forum and member)
I thought they were indicating more along the lines that unless you installed with the original cd, you can never be sure of what was bundled with the OS. Don't get me wrong, I ran with an illegitimate copy for years, and never had much trouble with it. Now that I have a side business, and a some-what respectable job, I have gone completely legit. [I don't need that kind of trouble!]
I have been using PSI for a while and I really like it. Its very help full but there are some programs it doesn't redirect to the correct downloader but thats besides the point.Quote:
Originally Posted by ByTeWrangler
Dont want to hijack the thread but has anyone had issues with adobe flash player? After scanning with PSI it picks up around 5 instances of adobe vulnerabilty. The general plugin and the activeX control.Quote:
I have been using PSI for a while and I really like it. Its very help full but there are some programs it doesn't redirect to the correct downloader but thats besides the point.
Now the solution both point to downloading the flash player again which I have done so and installed with the same results.
Anyone got any comments about this?
Cider it could be a case of false positive.. Maybe un-install reboot, re-install and re-run the psi tool and see what happens... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cider
Ill try that ...
Thanks :)
I doubt it. I feel like they've been trying to fix this recent flaw for half a year now.Quote:
Cider it could be a case of false positive.. Maybe un-install reboot, re-install and re-run the psi tool and see what happens...
Didnt work for me.
Didn't work ...