Conficker worm fails to strike so far
Posted by Paul BradleyApril 2nd, 2009
It’s been across the news this week - the threat of the new super virus called Conficker. As the clocks ticked to April 1st, it was alleged to awaken on millions of computers running Windows across the World.
The worry of this threat is, it was not known exactly what damage it would cause. Those monitoring the progress of the worm said there was no evidence it was doing anything other than modifying itself to be harder to exterminate.
Vincent Weafer, vice president of Symantec said “We are going to be on high alert for a long time. Come 2nd April we will still be watching while most people will have moved their focus elsewhere,”
He added: “We believe the software is geared towards making money. The characteristic of this type of worm is to keep it slow and low, keep it under the radar to slowly maximise profits over the long term.”
So, the world waits with baited breath…
