Thursday, April 2, 2009

Quick and Easy Conficker Infection Tester

Perusing the web this morning I came across what has to be the simplest means of testing your computer to see if it has been infected by Conficker. It's dubbed the Conficker eye test because it uses a set of six images in order to determine trouble. The images are lined up as seen below, with the bottom three being just a few random images that are used as controls, and the top three images are security company logos that are downloaded to the site directly from the vendors' sites.
Conficker, ever since variant "B" has blocked access to most security vendor sites, therefore the worm will also block access for this page as it attempts to display the security vendors' logos. A chart on the site can also possibly discern between which variant you may have, or even an error not related to Conficker.
It's also good to note that this is not the first time that malware has blocked access to security sites, so if you're unable to view any of the top three pics, it could also be a virus that's been around for a while, and not necessarily Conficker, so make sure you double check these results. Oh yeah, here's the test at JoeStewart[dot]Org.

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