People everywhere are concerned about the Conficker virus that is running rampant across the Internet, butas it sits dormant for so long, it can be difficult to tell if you have it or not. Luckily the Conficker Working Group has come up with an amazingly easy way to tell if you have it by just taking a look at the chart below.
Conficker Eye Chart
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How to interpret:
| If you see this above: | It probably means this: |
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= Normal/Not Infected by Conficker (or using proxy) |
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= Possibly Infected by Conficker (C variant or greater) |
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= Possibly Infected by Conficker A/B variant |
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= Image loading turned off in browser? |
| Any other combination | = Poor Internet connection? |
If you’re curious as to how this works, the first row of images are served up by the actual websites for those anti-virus programs. As Conficker prohibits you from going to those sites to download tools, you would not be able to see them if you were infected. The second row is there merely as a control sample so you know if your browser is working properly. If you are showing signs of infection you can go here to check out some tools to help you get rid of it.
