Conficker worm aka skynet

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Canai

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Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Originally posted by: Canai
http://www.microsoft.com/

Down for anyone else? Could maybe be that time?

100% working for me.

:( and here I hoped conflicker would make its mark by taking down microsoft :laugh:

Well, a friend who lives across town messaged me saying he couldn't get to microsoft, and I can't either. McAfee is alternating not loading and pinging over 1000ms. Charter must be doing something?
 

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Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Originally posted by: Canai
http://www.microsoft.com/

Down for anyone else? Could maybe be that time?

100% working for me.

:( and here I hoped conflicker would make its mark by taking down microsoft :laugh:

Well, a friend who lives across town messaged me saying he couldn't get to microsoft, and I can't either. McAfee is alternating not loading and pinging over 1000ms. Charter must be doing something?

yeah....going bankrupt:p
 

IEC

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ping www.mcafee.com

Pinging www.mcafee.com [216.49.88.12] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.49.88.12: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.49.88.12: bytes=32 time=159ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.49.88.12: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=237
Reply from 216.49.88.12: bytes=32 time=143ms TTL=237

Ping statistics for 216.49.88.12:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 99ms, Maximum = 159ms, Average = 129ms
 

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Lifer
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Hopefully we'll be alright. Everything has been regularly patched up we've got the requisite layers... lets hope it doesn't go the DDoS attack on random fools...
 

Dominato3r

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Windows malware is saying it hasnt found any threats. I feel sort of safe, but i wont be turning on my computer tomorrow, to be safe.
 

imported_Imp

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So should I ride this out, or pull the plug...

Forget it, just noticed it'd 8 minutes to twelve. God speed to all.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: Imp
So should I ride this out, or pull the plug...

Forget it, just noticed it'd 8 minutes to twelve. God speed to all.

2 min 'till doom

*watching all the charts to see if they spike so he can orgasm and go to bed*
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Canai
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Sure looks down to me.

Unless you go to microsoft.com? I don't get it

That tracert is what I'm seeing from my comp, and they're seeing from wherever that site is hosted.

Edit: looks like their server is in Dallas. I'm in Wisconsin.
 
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Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Canai
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Sure looks down to me.

Unless you go to microsoft.com? I don't get it

That tracert is what I'm seeing from my comp, and they're seeing from wherever that site is hosted.

Oh, maybe that is why Microsoft was working so hard to fight this one on its own and they did not want anyones help. A DoS atack on Microsoft?
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Canai
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Canai
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Sure looks down to me.

Unless you go to microsoft.com? I don't get it

That tracert is what I'm seeing from my comp, and they're seeing from wherever that site is hosted.

Oh, maybe that is why Microsoft was working so hard to fight this one on its own and they did not want anyones help. A DoS atack on Microsoft?

Their reputation was on the line...


*snicker*