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Conficker Worm Strike Reports Start Rolling In

Posted by Soulskill on from the be-on-the-lookout dept.

Nieriko writes "Reports are trickling in about the impact from the Conficker worm, as infected systems passed zero hour at midnight and began downloading additional malicious components. Here are a couple of the more notable incidents caused by Conficker so far, according to published reports: — '... shortly after midnight local time, an ATM in the capital city of Reykjavik began spewing 100-Krona notes. ... A nuclear missile installation near Elmendorf Air force Base outside of Anchorage, Alaska briefly went on a full-scale military alert after technicians manning the bunker suspected that several of their control systems were infected with Conficker.'"

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  1. Re:I think its infected my car. by maxume · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Yes, but Fox has Glenn Beck.

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  2. Re:I think its infected my car. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, but no.

    Significant majority (though not all) might be biased. However, most at least try to make it seem less obvious because a lot of people appreciate better quality news that show several sides of the issues.

    At least where I live (though it's not in USA), any newspaper or channel that clearly seems to take a side in an issue would quickly lose popularity. It doesn't meant that they would be completely unbiased but the way they are biased is mostly seen on what subjects they give more coverage to and what they don't mind letting go.

    I have watched clips from Fox News occasionally for fun, though. At least over here the whole channel is considered a joke. They have no consistency at all and they do not report what is happening but always give clear side "This is how you should think because the others want to ruin the country!"

    Saying all stations are equally biased is downright false. Watch BBC News for a day and fox news for a day and come to me and say "Both put equal effort to be unbiased".

  3. Re:I think its infected my car. by WiFiBro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "the real haters of Fox" -- Real Scotsman fallacy.

  4. Re:I think its infected my car. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try the news from another country and see how insular (as well as biased) the whole U.S. new reporting is. Whistling in the dark.

  5. Re:I think its infected my car. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, it's a lot worse than that! My laptop keeps telling me that all my base are belong to them, but it won't tell me who they are...

    Didn't that stop being funny six years ago?