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rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

No joke in April Fool's Day computer worm

# Story Highlights
# The Conficker C computer worm is expected to activate on April Fool's Day
# The worm lets a master computer take over infected zombie PCs
# It's unclear what the program's author plans to do with all the power
# A group called the Conficker Cabal is trying to hunt down solutions

(CNN) -- A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool's Day.

The anti-worm researchers have banded together in a group they call the Conficker Cabal. Members are searching for the malicious software program's author and for ways to do damage control if he or she can't be stopped.

They're motivated in part by a $250,000 bounty from Microsoft and also by what seems to be a sort of Dick Tracy ethic.

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fishead · Feb 09, 2005

Someone I know sent me a warning about a virus coming, and the warning itself seemed suspicious. I wonder if that isn't how it was spread. I hope I don't have it now.

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

I just got an email from Peoplepc (it'a a dial up and I now only have email with them) telling me I was sent an email with a virus that couldn't be cleaned so it was stopped and will be deleted in three days. The email is from someone I have never heard of which isn't surprising but what is surprising it wasn't even sent to me it was sent to some other user name. Now how could I get an email that wasn't even sent to me?

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Nightrider · Sep 25, 2004

rb2d2 · Sep 25, 2004

2LadyDi · Apr 03, 2007

My brother's email is people pc. Scary.