Quote Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl View Post
Be careful. There are some sites out there that claim to help you find out if you have the worm- and they are actually set up to infect you with it when you go to the site and start clicking around following instructions.
Sorry Lisa -- I should have noted that the site I linked to was provided in the "Windows Secrets" newsletter I get weekly. It's legit, well-respected, and hasn't steered me wrong in years of reading. They sent an entire issue about Conficker within the past week, and the site in my post above was one they mentioned. It's legit. But I do completely agree with what you say and would never have gone there if I hadn't read about it in Windows Secrets. I've been online for fourteen years and have never been infected because I am cautious to the point of paranoia -- and I'm a software developer myself.