Friday, April 10, 2009

Confickered

I work for an academic medical center. As might be expected university affiliated organization have a big target on their foreheads concerning worms and viruses. Of course, we also have a large workforce on the internet who can bring the damn thing in. Well, we got confickered. I don't think the worm itself is causing all the havoc but rather all the steps we have to take to avoid any damage. Access to the internet was shut off for a while, email was disrupted. It was a royal pain in the ass. When I left, my computer was doing a scan for the worm. I figure I can finish all the steps to protect my stuff on Monday.