Never lower our guard, Conflicker is lurking

The first in April 2009, should not be only the day of jokes, but also fearful of a massive attack. The virus Conficker, as expected proved to be a real April fool's joke, but experts urge people not to drop our guard because the assault may have been merely postponed.

The fears of the vigil were quickly dispelled when the major companies specializing in network security have not found specific abnormalities linked to the feared attack by the famous worm.

It is feared that the botnet created by Conficker has been spared from the creators of the worm due to the media outcry.

The infected computer, which according to some estimates would be more than 10 million worldwide, could be "victims" of the virus in a few days or weeks, when attention to it will be resized.

The great interest aroused by the virus has certainly changed is the intentions of those who control Conficker, and user behavior.

Designers of Conficker are waiting for researchers and IT managers lower our guard believing that the worst is past. "It would be stupid for them to perform Conficker use the first possible opportunity when all are on guard"-comments Toralv Dirro, security strategist for McAfee Avert Labs, Germany - "If something happens, it will be in a couple of days" .

Even the major network operators have decided to suspend most of their networking activities, thereby decreasing the number of commands sent to personal computers infected by Conficker.

Even the most lazy people, put in front of the possibility of serious damage, they controlled their own systems and make sure they are free from viruses or, in the case, delete unwanted guests.

According to analysts, the alarm linked to the feared attack on a large scale with Conficker would produce a single winner: the industry of antivirus systems yet. Obviously one can not imagine that suddenly became Conficker innocuous: it might also affect in the coming days. That is why it is still essential to keep your system updated and have anti-virus software can recognize the threat or, if you already have symptoms of infection (security programs disabled, unable to reach the bulletins issued by Microsoft) to use one of tools made available by various companies.

Giorgia Pellecchia