Microsoft is warning about a virus that some say will strike on April Fool’s Day. The virus is already on millions of computers and it’s believed it will receive instructions on April 1 that may create Internet havoc.
It’s a worm called Conficker and it’s already crawled into millions of computers, including some here in Kansas.
"The majority of the time, when a person gets it, they either lose Internet connection or they just get tons and tons of pop-ups,” said Justin Parson with Ribbit Computers.
Parson says his techs have already fixed dozens of computers conflicted with Conficker.
"By the time we get it, it’s one of those they we have to re-install, or it’s just too bad,” he said.
What makes the work concerning is that a PC can get it from almost any Web site that’s infected and once in your computer, it lies dormant. The idea is that on April 1, it will receive new instructions from its maker and some believe those instructions could cause massive problems while others, like Parson, believe it will be more on a nuisance.
"If anything, it’s just going to be a more wide-spread problem of viruses,” he said. “I don't see it shutting systems down."
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