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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
Since the virus is supposedly already on so many computers and is just waiting for April 1 to start 'doing its thing', does it matter whether you are on tomorrow or not?
Wouldn't it just start April 2 if you didn't log on April 1?
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My understanding is that is is supposed to gather some info from infected computers and send it "home" to the hacker. I don't know if there is a time frame that expires or not. If I stay disconnected from the net, I can see from the news how bad the damage is (or isn't) and decide what to do from there (though I can go online with my Kindle if I need to).
I just visited the Symantec website and they have a removal tool already. I'm running it now (though I don't know if I have the worm).