Comments on: Conficker Removal Tool – Free

By: monir

monir — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:18:11 +0000

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By: cotojo

cotojo — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:41:04 +0000

Grant - April1, 2009 was a little bit if a fizzer which caught people out afterwards. The majority could have avoided infection by installing the Windows patch that was released in October 2008, Now, it has evolved into something more dangerous with TDSS, TDL3 & TDL4, frequently embedded into rogue applications which far too many download.
Updating programs, system updates, windows patches and reasonable security measures can offset many malicious downloads - but I still maintain that a good, clean ghost image is far better and quicker than walking users through a plethora of removal programs.
Malware has changed, and we have to evolve with it and recognise the changes and the damage that can be done as well as how to prevent it damaging users systems. Daily, I download around 50 new variants of malware and some will sneak through as backdoor downloads, but simple apps can prevent a lot of unnecessary damage and keep a machine clean - but as one of my friends states, you cannot install common sense!! How true it is too.
Many users are 'click happy' or download some garbage that looks enticing and they end up out of pocket and with a computer that is an expensive doorstop!
It's not simple task to clean an infected computer, and harder to educate the user to remove ineffective programs and install those that do what they say they do.
Malware will continue to change into something more malevolent and keeping up with it takes a lot of time and patience but in the majority of instances it does come down to the user not using a little sense and doing a little research beforehand.
All the best
Colin

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 23:31:20 +0000

Colin,

April 1, 2009 did turn out to be a bit of a fizzer in some respects and people thought it was overrated, but many wiser people thought Conficker was just being dormant and the worst was yet to come. Sounds like you were one of the later wiser too.

You really struck accord with me in referring to the weakest point being the user. Unfortunately true I believe. All to often I come across PC's infected because of lack of commonsense.

These users don't have security or it's not up to date, and don't keep their OS and other applications up to date. These are relatively simple things to setup and can then left to be done automatically. There are so many others of course which I know you cover, but lack of the simple steps still amazes me.

Then there are the users who download any free application from any site, without checking it's trustworthiness.

In this sense, MalWare doesn't always need to be as sneaky as some of it is these days. Of course some of the really sneaky MalWare can fool even the most vigilant user. TabNapping an example I guess.

Again, keep spreading the word and the message should get through. Good work.