Conficker

sequitursequitur
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
Does anyone know if Conficker will affect Macs (without Windows)?



With BootCamp and Windows? -

With Parallels and Windows? -

With Fusion and Windows? -



I heard it's safer NOT to go on line on April 1. Is that a fact or just someone blowing smoke?

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    backtomacbacktomac Posts: 4,579member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    Does anyone know if Conficker will affect Macs (without Windows)?



    With BootCamp and Windows? -

    With Parallels and Windows? -

    With Fusion and Windows? -




    Yes to all the above.



    In fact i just ran Windows Live One Care on my windows vm to make sure it was 'clean'.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    tontontonton Posts: 14,067
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by backtomac View Post


    Yes to all the above.



    No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    backtomacbacktomac Posts: 4,579member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tonton View Post


    No, it won't affect Macs without Windows.



    My bad. Didn't read his entire question.



    You're right, only affects Windows.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    bbwibbwi Posts: 812member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    I heard it's safer NOT to go on line on April 1. Is that a fact or just someone blowing smoke?



    Yes, it's safer to be offline than it is to be online on any given day
  • Reply 5 of 5
    jazzgurujazzguru Posts: 6,435member
    It's interesting how all the hype over the Conficker virus has fueled the Mac vs WindowsPC debate. I've read some pretty amusing comments on some of the news articles about it.
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