Comments on: The Conficker Worm – my review

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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:57:37 +0000

[...] The Conficker Worm – my review [...]

By: Brett A. Scudder

Brett A. Scudder — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:37:01 +0000

Greetings and thank you for your feedback and comments on this issue.

Mr. Thomas,

Yes sir, education and awareness is a key element to winning this fight and I try to do that as much as I can, educate and make aware.

Mr. Baker,

We can hope that this will be a better wake up call for most people as they still love in the shadows thinking they are safe from all this. IT Security is a people problem and as such must be dealt with that way.

Thank you for sharing the link to that news article.

Mr. Smith,

Indeed they are getting more sophisticated in their methods of attacks and is why people need to think outside the box and start realizing that they are a part of a bigger picture, the internet.

I can’t begin to tell you how many infected systems i’ve worked on that had anti-virus that was not updates, patched, current nor even active, the user just saw the icon and thought all was well.

The most challenging part of what I do is to tell someone who has never had a “known” infection that this is something they should take seriously and be very concerned about. It becomes that old saying “if it isn’t broken why fix it” issue.

We need this to be an international initiative where laws and policies govern these issues and help to make them more known and understood.

So many people were concerned about what if it is a fake that they still didn’t take the time to patch and update their systems yet they had time to be making ridicule of it. I find that to be more scary than the threat itself.

What can I say?
We have our work cut out for us.

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~

By: Rob Smith

Rob Smith — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:17:25 +0000

Pretty scary really. As malware authors keep getting more sophisticated, a large percentage of the computing public remains mostly clueless. They expect that they can go buy their Symantec or McAfee, install it, and then just surf wherever they want or open any email they want, expecting that their purchase will protect them.

Job One is getting the public to understand the seriousness of the threat.

Thanks for a great article.

By: Andrew S. Baker

Andrew S. Baker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:17:41 +0000

Here’s some potential good news!

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/03/30/conficker_signature_discovery/

By: Andrew S. Baker

Andrew S. Baker — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:36:41 +0000

It’s 2009, and we still don’t really get Information Security, sadly enough. I hope that April 2009 does not catch us completely off guard.

By: Kevin Thomas

Kevin Thomas — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:35:39 +0000

This is a very scary wake up call, especially to systems that are running with a below average AV or those not running any at all. Conflicker is a High Tech virus able to jump over AV so an extra firewall and a Malware protection is a definite necessity.

This informs us of how much we need to be educated about the risks that are on the net as well as how to combat them.
Over-all I’m thankful for the early info on this new Worm/attack.

Keep up the good work.

PS. I know you’re not being paid for advertising but any suggestions on AV’s, Anti Malware, and Firewall etc.

Kevin Thomas.