Conficker Worm

[Mr. Bloom]

Is this for real? Has anyone here had a problem?

It seems to me it's overhyped (likely by the advertising hungry search engines). I understand that the only folks at serious risk are those with:
- pirated Operating Systems
- outdated security updates (mine updates automatically)
- outdated virus software (mine updates automatically)

I'm sitting here in front of the news and they've given it 10 minutes each hour...and they've reported that "they are monitoring the wires to see what's happening..." Geez, I feel safer knowing that... the youthful "John Daubenspeck, Computer User" in an interview reports that he's not using his computer today!

[OakLeaf]

I think you'd be amazed at the number of people who don't keep their OS or antivirus updated... who don't "lock the doors" on a new computer (which, why they ship so wide open, I don't know)... and who will just click on any old email attachment. I see it all the time from my friends and in-laws.

[Ana]

My IT department sent out a message about it..basically they said it could be inert but to be prepared anyway and as long as your antivirus is updated, you'd be fine

[tulip]

Alot of people don't have updated antivirus software. I work from home and I'm vigilant about it as I can be, but I don't have an IT department to make sure things go well. I hope I've done all I need to do, but I'm not a computer person. I bet alot of people will be affected by it. Too bad there are people in the world who can't seem to use their smarts for good purposes. Why is that?

[Aggie_Ama]

I heard it was mostly hype. Uhhh and I forgot to reboot my home computer to update the anti-virus so let's hope but it does have a firewall up and the anti-virus updated last week it just wanted to again this weekend. Work is up to date with about 6 virus programs running.

[Zen]

AV is current but I ran a complete scan this AM. That scan is still going on and it's been two hours now

I'm sure not entering any bank account info, though.