# April 1st Virus **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095 "2009-03-26T11:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/1 "2009-03-26T11:49:00Z")
[http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/128643/beware-conficker-worm-come-april-1/](http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/128643/beware-conficker-worm-come-april-1/) Just some FYI. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/2 "2009-03-26T11:52:17Z")
Some people are way too smart with way too much time on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/3 "2009-03-26T12:28:09Z")
Time to back up my system. Just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/4 "2009-03-27T10:55:12Z")
bah, if you think you might get it just reset the bios clock and disable windows time service lol ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/5 "2009-03-27T11:15:21Z")
> [@Good Luck tnick!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/good-luck-tnick/16290/2): > > bah, if you think you might get it just reset the bios clock and disable windows time service lol For me and you that’s easy. For some, kinda impossible. lol. ---
**Author:** ![jays05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@jays05](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jays05)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/6 "2009-03-27T12:31:17Z")
This is IMO the best/worst virus ever created. Either a foreign government is behind it, or the people behind it are making enough money to hire great programmers. It implemented all the latest and greatest encryption technology (MD6 hash) just two weeks after it was released to the public. An easy way to see if you’re infected, if you suspect it, is to try and open the webpages of various antivirus companies like trend micro, sophos, symantec. One of the first thing this virus does is disable your antivirus software and break DNS so you can’t download or reinstall your AV. And I don’t think that changing the time on your PC will help since it checks for the correct time from various sites on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/7 "2009-03-27T12:52:21Z")
> [@WTB: Xmod](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-xmod/16194/15): > > This is IMO the best/worst virus ever created. Either a foreign government is behind it, or the people behind it are making enough money to hire great programmers. It implemented all the latest and greatest encryption technology (MD6 hash) just two weeks after it was released to the public. > > An easy way to see if you’re infected, if you suspect it, is to try and open the webpages of various antivirus companies like trend micro, sophos, symantec. One of the first thing this virus does is disable your antivirus software and break DNS so you can’t download or reinstall your AV. > > And I don’t think that changing the time on your PC will help since it checks for the correct time from various sites on the internet. changing the time will work if you disable the windows time service running in the background, … actually the best virus in the world is windows code. lol that shit has more holes in it then the bible and jimmy hoffa put together, microsoft probly hires these assholes to code shit to infect computers who inturn sell the virus code to the anti virus software manufacturers who in turn help the end user. then microsoft releases a fucked up patch that looks like virtual swiss cheese and the process again restarts… ---
**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/8 "2009-03-27T12:54:02Z")
> [@Who wants to go on my boat?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-go-on-my-boat/16243/11): > > For me and you that’s easy. For some, kinda impossible. lol. tell me about it… im still trying to make my mother understand that she cant rely on somone els to say the attachment is alright… and she shouldnt open anything from anyone not even my aunt because she tends to get infected all the time lol old people… sometimes… i tell ya LOL ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/9 "2009-03-27T14:04:45Z")
lol. Do I know you? I see you’re from Selkirk. When did you graduate? What do you drive? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmerz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmerz/32/6370_2.png) [@Jimmerz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimmerz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/10 "2009-03-27T16:05:39Z")
> [@FS: defi BF gauges](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-defi-bf-gauges/16205/11): > > lol. > > Do I know you? I see you’re from Selkirk. When did you graduate? What do you drive? graduated from RCS in 95 , orange mustang gt, probly seen it around. ---
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/11 "2009-03-31T18:09:41Z")
Well tomorrow’s the day. [http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464](http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464) This article has some good links to scanners. ---
**Author:** ![SlackJ94](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slackj94/32/6325_2.png) [@SlackJ94](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SlackJ94)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/12 "2009-03-31T18:20:37Z")
If you’ve kept windows updated you are fine. Windows patched it back in October. ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/13 "2009-03-31T19:27:41Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/16502/21): > > If you’ve kept windows updated you are fine. Windows patched it back in October. +1 Theres an article I read (I think it was on Capital News 9) saying if you have done a windows update anytime in the month of March you have nothing to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/14 "2009-03-31T19:33:53Z")
[quote=“Jimmerz,post:3,topic:16295"”] graduated from RCS in 95 , orange mustang gt, probly seen it around. [/quote] You probably went to school with my brother Vitaliy then. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/15 "2009-03-31T19:34:20Z")
Soooo I’ll be ok since my computer was made in late October? lol ---
**Author:** ![QuickLT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/eada6e/32.png) [@QuickLT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/QuickLT1)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/16 "2009-03-31T19:52:18Z")
Macs susceptible to this shit, or just PCs? ---
**Author:** ![FMFGSX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f6c823/32.png) [@FMFGSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FMFGSX)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/april-1st-virus/243095/17 "2009-04-01T03:39:37Z")
just PC. :+1 for Mac