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March 31, 2009 10:29  by Kris Abel

April 1st has already crossed the International Date Line and has moved into Sydney, Australia where it's now 1:30 am. In just 30 minutes it will be Tokyo's turn to greet the 1st of April and so far, there's been no reports of activity from the Conficker virus and its network of infected computers. The Internet Storm Center, which keeps track of viral activity across the net hasn't detected any change. I'll keep you posted.

UpdateF-Secure is reporting that computers infected with the Conficker virus in countries that have switched over to April 1st have become active and are currently searching for public domains in order to receive further instructions. So far, the creators of Conficker have yet to issue any such instructions. 

Update 2: It is now April 1st in London, Paris, Rome, Tokyo, and Sydney.  Although an IBM report suggests that most of the infected computers are situated within Europe and Asia, and although security firms are reporting that these infected systems are actively looking for new instructions from Conficker's creators, there's still no sign of action. It's all quiet for now. Millions of enslaved computers are waiting, waiting for instructions to tell them what to do next. Will the writers of Conficker wait until North and South America transition over to April 1st? Will they act at all or is it one big bluff? 

Update 3:  April 1st has now arrived for Casablanca and Reykjavik. The Americas are all that's left and still no activity from Conficker. If IBM's statistics are right, more than 80% of the infected computers in the world are now active and waiting for instructions that have yet to arrive. St. John's, Newfounland, you're up next for the transition to April 1st. 

Update 4: 'Tis after midnight here in Toronto. Its now April 1st and all's well that ends well. No sign of any activity from Conficker and its network of infected computers. 

Update 5: That's it. With the exception of Honolulu, the entire world is now into April 1st and still no activity from Conficker.  

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