crakgenius
Senior Member
Shut down your computers on April 1st and 2nd?? Are you at all aware of how a worm virus works??Thaier said:
You're pretty unlikely to become infected with this virus on the activation date of the virus. You see, the virus was released sometime in October of last year. This is a worm type virus... like the KAK.worm and the SQL Slammer. These viruses have a propagation phase, where all they do is spread themselves, but otherwise do no harm. Then they have an activation date, when they begin to do harm to the infected computers. This is just the latest in a long line of viruses with an April 1st activation date. I've found my computer repair business booms almost every year at this time.
If you are going to get this virus, chances are you've already got it, unless somewhere out there someone is infected and spreading it around and their system date is incorrect. If you are infected, all turning off your computer will do is delay the effect until such time as you turn your system back on. Once the system date is past the release date, the dormant virus becomes active. So turning your computer back on on 4/3/09 will be no different than turning it on on 4/1/09.
Finally, most major reputable virus scanning software has been able to detect and remove this virus since mid-December of last year. Worrying about this infection on the last day of March... too little too late.
Be aware of this, though. If you are infected and are experiencing the telltale signs that this virus has become active on your computer, shut down the power immediately. One of the most insidious aspects of the worm virus is the way it loads and dumps data to your RAM repeatedly, and does the same to your hard drive. The end result, if allowed to go unchecked for hours, could be permanent hardware damage to RAM and HDD.
