[eastforker]

OK LG2, for those of us who nly know how to point and click what does this mean, is it a reality? Can it be stopped? Tech deficiant minds want to know.

[baltodog]

So, am I to assume that we're heading towards the fact that the Asian Bird flu is man-made and intentional?

I don't understand the "falcon" connection.

Is that supposed to mean that it will soon be released here?

[LayoutGuru2]

OK LG2, for those of us who nly know how to point and click what does this mean, is it a reality? Can it be stopped? Tech deficiant minds want to know.

This worm is not much different from others that have popped up recently. The February 1, 2004 start date is either a simple coincidence or intentionally chosen by some script-kiddy who wishes to play into the 'EndUS' countdown fears. It is certainly designed to provided more grief to the Microsoft OS home users - an easy thing to do with all of the holes in the Operating System.

[Labyrinthos]

OK LG2, for those of us who nly know how to point and click what does this mean, is it a reality? Can it be stopped? Tech deficiant minds want to know.

Make sure your anti-virus is up to date and that you have a working firewall. If you want to check to see if you already have the virus, then check for the files that Symantec has identified under "technical details" in the following article: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html

[Labyrinthos]

OK LG2, for those of us who nly know how to point and click what does this mean, is it a reality? Can it be stopped? Tech deficiant minds want to know.

Make sure your anti-virus is up to date and that you have a working firewall. If you want to check to see if you already have the virus, then check for the files that Symantec has identified under "technical details" in the following article: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html