According to the website guardian.co.uk, the Conficker virus "could be the biggest April Fool's joke ever played on the internet, or it could be one of the worst days ever for computers connected to the network. Security experts can't work out whether the Conficker virus – which has infected more than 10m window PCs worldwide – will wreak havoc on Wednesday , or just let the day pass quietly."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/30/conficker-virus-computing
Your Assignment:
1.) Read the article hyperlinked above.
2.) What does the Conficker virus actually do?
3.) How could this cause problems? Be specific.
4.) Who could and has been effected by this Conficker virus.
Due: Sunday 4/5/09 by 11:59p.m.
Monday, March 30, 2009
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The virus messes up your computer something feirce. It could cause problems with your computers. Once you get it, you cant get rid of it. You will always have it. Anyone could get this virus.
ReplyDelete1. It lockes your computer and it slows down the internet.
ReplyDelete2.becasue you cant unlock your computer.and you can set on the internet and if you try to refersh your virus it keeps poping back up.
3. Everyone can be effected by the virus.