[LINK] news snippet: conficker/downadup and 1 april

[Brenda Aynsley]

 From another list ...
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001636.html
has a good explanation of the conficker/downadup
worm and its supposed behaviour on 1 april.  It also suggests a little 
test to determine if you are infected by visiting www.f-secure.com or 
www.fsecure.com.  If you cant, you may have the worm and you should take 
steps to remove it according to f-secure prior to 1 april.  Given the 
date, it could be just a hoax, however there's enough chatter on patch 
management lists, to indicate there is a reality.

Unix, Linux and Mac users need not do anything at this time.


cheers
brenda
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