Anti-virus... eye chart? Simple test for Conficker

by Paul Myers

Posted: 15 years ago 21 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I noticed a lot of concern about Conficker before April 1. It's still out there, and has serious potential for damage. Just not as predictable as a lot of people thought.

If you'd like to test your system to see if it is possibly infected by this malware, just go to http://www.talkbiz.com/confickertest and look at the pictures.

My thanks to Joe Stewart for allowing me to host a mirror of his innovative test.

Feel free to pass that URL around. The more people know if their systems are infected, the better it is for everyone.

Paul

#antivirus #chart #conficker #eye #simple

John Taylor 15 years ago

Paul,

That's a superb test, simple and yet effective. I've added
a link to my blog.

John
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Bev Clement 15 years ago

Paul, thanks that is a great test, was about to ask if I could pass it onto my subscribers, then I saw you said we could in the post.

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- Paul Myers 15 years ago
  
  The timing is good, too. It appears that Conficker has started downloading new data. Twitter is all a-Tweet about it.
  
  I wonder if this is why Joe's site is down...
  
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milan 15 years ago

Cool, now lets make test pages for each of millions of viruses
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Tsnyder 15 years ago

Excellent, Paul...

I've passed it along to a couple other forums.

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Steven Fullman 15 years ago

Nice test!

I wonder, though...should I really be seeing a picture of Lindsay Lohan where the Linux Penguin should be...?

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- Kim Standerline 15 years ago
  
  You wish lol
  
  I tested this earlier when Paul sent out his email and luckily I seem to be ok
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  Originally Posted by Steven Fullman
  
  Nice test!
  
  I wonder, though...should I really be seeing a picture of Lindsay Lohan where the Linux Penguin should be...?
  
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waken

15 years ago

The middle image of the top row is not showing.

Made a brief search online what this new term means..
and found that it's kind of a worm...

But couldn't find the solution...

Mind you share yours?

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Paul Myers

15 years ago

Originally Posted by waken

The middle image of the top row is now showing.

Made a brief search online what this new term means..
and found that it's kind of a worm...

But couldn't find the solution...

If you find that you're are likely to have the worm on your
machine, immediately disconnect from the Internet. Find a
machine that isn't infected, and get a copy of Microsoft's
Malicious Software Removal Tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/

Do not reconnect to the Internet until you've run that on the
infected machine.

Paul

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Richard Tunnah 15 years ago

Thanks Paul. Simple and effective!

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waken

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Paul Myers

Thanks Paul!
Luckily nothing found..perhaps it's the faulty connection since I changed this damn modem router.

Thanks.

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Paul Myers 15 years ago

Luckily nothing found..perhaps it's the faulty connection since I changed this damn modem router.

Assume nothing. If you saw only one of the top three images, you may still be infected with some variant that MSRT won't spot. (I don't know that you are, but I also don't know that you're not.)

Do not go to any site that requires passwords or that uses sensitive info until you've done as complete a diagnostic as possible.

For starters, try to connect to the sites those pictures that didn't show up are linked to. If you can get to them, you're probably safe from Conficker.

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ExtremeIM 15 years ago

Great test page!
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quiescen 15 years ago

My machine was infected. Got malwarebytes - a free program and cleared it up fast. It is a nasty little virus.
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Scot Standke 15 years ago

Fantastic little test Paul, I sent a note to one of my lists and posted it on my blog as well.

Thanks for sharing.

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T2VSonya 15 years ago

This is wonderful. I just passed it on to my board. Thanks.
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gb4biz 15 years ago

Very good as usual Paul! Did a Twitter and a blog post. Have a good one.
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Patrician 15 years ago

Wonderful Paul - Just coming here to ask your permission to post these links I got in TalkBizNewz

So happy I have a clean bill of health from your test (I always wonder what is lurking that hasn't 'hatched' yet)...

So anyway I will take this as a yes and I will post this in my forum.

I love your newsletter because you are the writer that all writers wish they could be.

write on.

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shakti2u 15 years ago

Thanks for this post. I was concerned about Conflicker and didn't know how to test for it. Thanks, I will share this with all that I know.

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- Tom B Banned 15 years ago
  
  I see dead people.
  
  Does that mean I have CornFlicker?
  
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Michael Lee 15 years ago

Thanks, Paul. Simple and amazing. I'm sharing this to my contacts.

Cheers,
Michael
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