by a Thinker, Sailor, Blogger, Irreverent Guy from Madras

Eye chart for a worm


Of all the bloody things I’ve heard, I thought this took the cake - an eye chart for a worm.  Till I realised that they mean a computer worm and not a live biological worm.  Thank God for small mercies.

Then, on second thoughts what have eye charts, which are meant for humans have to do with computer worms?  To understand it, I had to read the article ‘Years old Conficker Worm still a threat’.  An article which should make every computer user pause a minute and check with the eye-chart.
8-)

The idea for an eye chart is brilliant - because it instantly makes it obvious whether the PC is infected or not.  BTW have a look at the ‘all-time’ infection map below.  Seems that except for the deserts of Rajasthan and a lone spot around Bangalore, the whole of India was infected at one time or another.

conficker_infection_map

You can read about the ‘Symptoms of Infection’ at http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/.  Please also make sure to check your eye and your PC with the eye chart - You should see the following picture of a table made up of 6 individual images. 

If you don’t see any of the 3 images in the top row, your PC is in trouble.

[edit 29 Jan 11 - BTW the following image doesn’t count - it is simply an example of what you should see.  Either follow the ‘eye-chart’ link above or click on the image below to visit actual test page]

conficker_eye_chart

My Wicked Half whispers, ‘And if you can’t ‘clearly’ see all the 6 images, YOU are in trouble!’
;-E

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