[colug-432] Malware

[jep200404 at columbus.rr.com]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:01:56 -0500, "Thomas W. cranston" <cranston.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:

> The malware is Conflicker. 

Conficker[1] not Conflicker.  

> The winders box is running 98SE w/Norton 2000 AV. 
...
> I rarely get out on the web with it. 

For a Windows 98SE box, rarely is too often. 

If one really needs to use '98SE on a 2011 Internet, 
one should consider running it in a virtual machine 
inside a Linux host and going back to the pristine 
drive images after each VM shutdown. 

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker