Diagnose Conficker With Web-Based Eye Chart 180
thomsomc writes "Joe Stewart from the Conficker Working Group has created an eye chart that allows for online identification of Conficker B and C infections. Using basic knowledge of the blacklisting that Conficker employs to avoid attempting to infect IPs that belong to popular Anti-Virus and security firms (including Microsoft), the group whipped up this very simple test to see if you can load content from the various pages. If you can see all of the images, you're more than likely Conficker-free. According to Honeynet, 'This detection method should be more reliable than network scanning based tests. Happy scanning!'" Related: Tech Fragments notes in passing that nothing much seems to have come of conficker's dreaded April 1 deadline.
Jon Stewart? (Score:5, Funny)
Am I the only one that read it as Jon Stewart and then spent a few minutes trying to figure out the joke on the page?
Re:Jon Stewart? (Score:3, Funny)
Haha, me too. Give this a !jonstewart tag.
I see a dog. (Score:5, Funny)
Lynx support? (Score:5, Funny)
Come on, it doesn't work in Lynx? I want my money back.
Re:sweet (Score:5, Funny)
As long as it doesn't get slashdotted... that might cause a new panic
Thank god (Score:5, Funny)
Whew, I haven't had that much relief since I accidentally ate that whole jar of exlax....
Re:I see a dog. (Score:5, Funny)
Funny, I see a penguin, a blowfish, the devil, and some boring corporate logos. No dogs. You must have Confiker R variant (Rorschach variant)
Re:Very nice & interesting technique (Score:5, Funny)
Sucks when / is blocked, now, isn't it? :)
Slashdotted (Score:5, Funny)
Mirror (Score:5, Funny)
Conficker Eye Chart
Conficker Eye Chart
[f-secure.com]
[secureworks.com]
[trendmicro.com]
[openbsd.org]
[linux.org]
[freebsd.org]
How to interpret:
If you see this above:It probably means this:
= Normal/Not Infected by Conficker (or using proxy)
= Possibly Infected by Conficker (C variant or greater)
= Possibly Infected by Conficker A/B variant
= Image loading turned off in browser?
Any other combination= Poor Internet connection?
Explanation:
Conficker (aka Downadup, Kido) is known to block access to over 100 anti-virus and security websites.
If you are blocked from loading the remote images in the first row of the top table above (AV/security sites) but not blocked from loading the remote images in the second row (websites of alternative operating systems) then your Windows PC may be infected by Conficker (or some other malicious software).
If you can see all six images in both rows of the top table, you are either not infected by Conficker, or you may be using a proxy server, in which case you will not be able to use this test to make an accurate determination, since Conficker will be unable to block you from viewing the AV/security sites.
F-Secure and the F-Secure Logo are trademarks of F-Secure Corporation.
SecureWorks and the SecureWorks Logo are registered trademarks of SecureWorks Inc.
Trend Micro and the T-Ball logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Trend Micro Inc.
Re:Lynx support? (Score:5, Funny)
Works here.
You must be infected.
Re:Jon Stewart? (Score:5, Funny)
Just another flaw in the system.
Come and see the flaws inherent in the system! Help! Help! I'm being modded down!
Re:sweet (Score:5, Funny)
i panicked for a sec, im on linux but thanks to virgin media the bottom two images didn't load. thankfully the chart said: any other combo = shite internet!
Oh shit (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I see a dog. (Score:4, Funny)
I was going to explain it, but I got caught up looking at the pretty butterfly.
Pick your punchline (Score:5, Funny)
Pick your "Daily Show"-style punchline for this story:
Re:sweet (Score:5, Funny)
The chart or the virus?
Oops (Score:5, Funny)
Re:sweet (Score:4, Funny)
Another option for the eye chart (Score:5, Funny)
And if you can see the top row and not the bottom one it means you work at Microsoft.
Re:I see a dog. (Score:4, Funny)
Well, there are only two kinds of people in the world. Those with ADD and ......
Re:Thank god (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Jon Stewart? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Pick your punchline (Score:2, Funny)
I say this with love... keep your day job.
Re:Jon Stewart? (Score:5, Funny)
This perfectly illustrates one of the unspoken rules of Slashdot culture:
*If the sole point of your post is to either complain, call a moderation unfair, or ask for an explanation about a moderation, be prepared for your post to be modded in exactly the same way.*
It's really a wonderful cultural practice, and is preparing interworldnettubez denizens everywhere for what they can expect when asking similar questions of real world "moderators" like cops and politicians.
Let's all keep up the good work!
Re:sweet (Score:5, Funny)
Just be glad you aren't using Sunni internet.
Re:How long before... (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe I shouldn't give them ideas. I bet the author of Confickr reads slashdot.
Considering that s/he actually gets shit done I highly doubt it.
Re:sweet (Score:3, Funny)
*shudder*
That's totally out of control. Page after page of shameless hussies lifting their burkas to flash their ankles!
hask