There seems to be significant media frenzy over this piece of malware.
Some unemotional information about this malware.
- Yes, the W32/Conficker malware is out there and active.
- Is it the most prevalent piece of malware out there? No.
- It is very hard to remove once you are infected.
- Like most modern malware it has the ability to update/upgrade itself on the fly.
- The piece of malware has a commercial focus so it is unlikely to do much to attract more attention to itself than is needed. It is unlikely to delete your files.
What W32/Conficker is likely to do is maybe update itself. Quite possibly nothing will happen on 1 April. The majority of modern malware tries to steal passwords, credit card and personal information. We do not expect W32/Conficker to behave any differently. This type of malware is also used in extortion and denial of service attacks.
Authentium currently has very good generic detection for this malware and we currently detect all known variants of this piece of malware and we have an expectation that our generic detection will prevent future infections by this family. We will monitor this closely and release updated protection if it is needed. Authentium has some of the fastest response times in the industry so our customers can be assured that if anything interesting happens that they will be protected very quickly.