Fears of a Conficker Meltdown Greatly Exaggerated

BobB-nw writes "Many have been worrying that the Conficker worm will somehow rise up and devastate the Internet on April 1. These fears are misplaced, security experts say. April 1 is what Conficker researchers are calling a trigger date, when the worm will switch the way it looks for software updates. A 60 Minutes episode about the worm on Sunday will stoke concerns. But the worm has already had several such trigger dates, including Jan. 1, none of which had any direct impact on IT operations, according to Phil Porras, a program director with SRI International who has studied the worm. 'Technically, we will see a new capability, but it complements a capability that already exists,' Porras said."

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Re:windoze tardz

[h00manist]

And your inability to spell out your words or use proper grammar makes you so much better, yes?

Oh, yes, yes, most certainly! One must agree, wholeheartedly and enthusiastically, with such wonderful, and certainly unique, criticisms of the tragedies caused by the improper use of grammar! It is quite clear, and heartbreaking, the terrible misunderstandings and misfortunes that today's youth bring upon themselves, through the lack of proper control of their suffixes and prefixes, intonations and pronunciations! One must not forget that, in addition to the sins of grammar, they sin also by the use of impure operating systems! Oh! And what horrible programming habits! So lacking in proper manners of commenting, and of course, syntax -- but oh! The time! I must be going, I am so very late, I have an appointment with the priest to discuss a matter of utmost importance, to clear up some terrible sins -- just imagine, I have written a couple of letters to a Swiss friend who is quite ill with a brain tumor, and, well, you see, I made some mistakes, graphing a few words with a quite grotesque mistake in accentuation. I just never managed to quite master her language. It is positively terrifying, the prospect that she might live to read these letters! Well, the reverend must have some suggestion! Ta-ta!