http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/250000_bounty_for_downadupconficker_virus_creator_/ Nerds are for Dorks Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/250000_bounty_for_downadupconficker_virus_creator_/comment-page-1/#comment-44398 Eddie Philips Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:05:14 +0000 http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=10616#comment-44398 We are still seeing a lot of individuals coming to downadup.com, locked out from Microsoft and anti-virus sites by the virus, trying to fix their computers. The Conficker Cabal helps the industry, but not the PC owners. The industry needs to set up a common, free support site at one or more unblocked domains with tools for victims to fix their Windows machines. XP Home users, for example, have no simple way outside of the registry hack (documented on our site and several others) to disable Autoplay. These infected machines represent a potential ongoing source of reinfection. People are paying rental geeks hundreds of dollars on house calls even though they owned (and regularly updated) antivirus software. Finally, the technical community needs to stop the "ha ha - get a mac/linux" attitude and act with a sense of service to their friends and neighbors who own Windows PCs and do not have the luxury to change. We are still seeing a lot of individuals coming to downadup.com, locked out from Microsoft and anti-virus sites by the virus, trying to fix their computers. The Conficker Cabal helps the industry, but not the PC owners. The industry needs to set up a common, free support site at one or more unblocked domains with tools for victims to fix their Windows machines. XP Home users, for example, have no simple way outside of the registry hack (documented on our site and several others) to disable Autoplay. These infected machines represent a potential ongoing source of reinfection. People are paying rental geeks hundreds of dollars on house calls even though they owned (and regularly updated) antivirus software. Finally, the technical community needs to stop the “ha ha – get a mac/linux” attitude and act with a sense of service to their friends and neighbors who own Windows PCs and do not have the luxury to change.

]]> http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/250000_bounty_for_downadupconficker_virus_creator_/comment-page-1/#comment-44391 benny180 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:19:18 +0000 http://www.forevergeek.com/?p=10616#comment-44391 i know who created it... i know who created it…

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