"eye chart" to test for conficker - loads images from AV sites that conficker blocks

confickerworkinggroup.org

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This is a genius idea. I wonder if this concept can be extended to other situations.

One application of this I can see is to create a page like this to understand what sites your company's (or country's) firewall / proxy might be blocking.

And if your system is infected here is the removal tool.

http://data2.kaspersky-labs.com:8080/special/KKiller_v3.4.1....

I suppose the next patch for conficker might block those URLs, except for the images.

Another test is to try to show hidden/system folders on a Windows machine.

If you can't, the PC's infected.

If it's a work machine, it could be "infected" by your IT group.

Isn't that just as bad then?

Might be even a little easier for an end user if you wrote some javascript that just showed the appropriate message. If the pictures won't load, just have a big "You Are Safe." message. Making people look at the pictures isn't actually needed.

I disagree. This requires absolutely no technical skill to interpret, and yet they haven't abstracted away the evidence.

I am much more reassured by this, then I would be with some website that said "You Are Safe". Presenting the user with the evidence that they are safe is much more reassuring than just saying "You Are Safe, trust us on this one, we know what we're talking about."

Why not do both? Show the images, and display a message based on the results.

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