On April 1, 2009 infected computers began calling home to the Mother ship by way of 50,000+ domains which the infected computer looks at for its next instructions. Those infected machines which have found instructions where told to install a newer version of itself with a more damaging payload. Reportedly the payload is a keystroke logging application which will record everything typed on an infected computers keyboard. This means that when you type the url of your bank, enter your username, and then your password on an infected machine you just gave these cyber-criminals your most precious private personal or business banking information. Say good-bye to your money or worse yet they finance an operation from your account which has the Federal government knocking on your door. Get my drift?
This Conficker worm-Bot has an estimated 3-12 million computers infected and the authors wrote the code so that it can jump from one machine to another without human aid or interaction. That means it has some artificial intelligence which is so interesting we could write about this separately and for days, (Not for this blog)!
While all security and computer experts agree that the infection has yet any reports of true compromise besides the infection itself, the sad fact is that the worm is growing and getting stronger by the day.
We seem to be in a race against time because there is no single Conficker removal tool which means:
1. That an infected machine needs to first be found.
2. The newly found infected machine needs to have a complete virus off-line Virus Removal Service completed.
3. Next the now clean machine needs to have a complete Security Overhaul completed which installs all the most recent Security updates which patch the security hole this virus takes advantage of.
While this seems to be a lot of work required to clean of Conficker the sad fact is that while no 2 computer infections are the same and each has a different degree of risk we at HeroTechs treat every infection this way to ensure that your computer is not only cleaned properly but at a much lower risk of future infection.
So now, back to why it is a race against time…If the general user community can find, clean, and enhance the security of the reportedly 3-12 million infected machines then this infection will prove to be powerless. The race is on because this worm has grown to become an anaconda size venomous snake and just because it hasn’t bitten yet doesn’t mean that it will not. Stay tuned for more information.
For Local Long Island Computer Help Call:
1-888-443-7683
This Conficker worm-Bot has an estimated 3-12 million computers infected and the authors wrote the code so that it can jump from one machine to another without human aid or interaction. That means it has some artificial intelligence which is so interesting we could write about this separately and for days, (Not for this blog)!
While all security and computer experts agree that the infection has yet any reports of true compromise besides the infection itself, the sad fact is that the worm is growing and getting stronger by the day.
We seem to be in a race against time because there is no single Conficker removal tool which means:
1. That an infected machine needs to first be found.
2. The newly found infected machine needs to have a complete virus off-line Virus Removal Service completed.
3. Next the now clean machine needs to have a complete Security Overhaul completed which installs all the most recent Security updates which patch the security hole this virus takes advantage of.
While this seems to be a lot of work required to clean of Conficker the sad fact is that while no 2 computer infections are the same and each has a different degree of risk we at HeroTechs treat every infection this way to ensure that your computer is not only cleaned properly but at a much lower risk of future infection.
So now, back to why it is a race against time…If the general user community can find, clean, and enhance the security of the reportedly 3-12 million infected machines then this infection will prove to be powerless. The race is on because this worm has grown to become an anaconda size venomous snake and just because it hasn’t bitten yet doesn’t mean that it will not. Stay tuned for more information.
For Local Long Island Computer Help Call:
1-888-443-7683
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