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Conficker wakes up and has a business model?
- tialys 18y agoThis sounds just like Vundo (and may even be a mistake?). If this is true, my job just got a LOT harder... I work tech support for my university, and so far we've seen little of conficker, but TONS of Vundo (which does the same thing... it installs a 'spyware remover' and charges for it). I'd be interested to see if anyone has actually paid for this. I've worked with/seen hundreds of cases of people who could barely turn on a computer, yet weren't fooled by this sort of 'pay me or die' scam. Does anyone actually fall for this crap? Random plug: I made a site to direct users to since spyware is such a big problem on campus -- it's a wip, so if you have ideas, email me (See my profile). http://hownottogetspyware.com/ http://hownottogetspyware.com/
- SamAtt 18y agoWhat's weird to me is the media is all over the place about Conflicker when it doesn't do anything. Then it eventually does exactly what the media predicted it would (download spyware/malware) and no one but the tech media seems to be covering it. It's item #19 on cnn.com right now