Unfortunately, the virus, Conflicker, which I discussed in my blog last week, is still making the news. Last week, there had been much build up leading to April Fool's Day when the Conflicker virus was supposed to take a mean grip on PCs around the world. Then... nothing happened. However, it has been a matter of time for the virus to come alive and begin causing problems. The article I found this week discusses Conflicker's awakening and what it will now do.
Conflicker is updating using peer-to-peer computers and dropping in a malicious code. Conflicker's infection of P2P computers was orginally thought to be a new kinds of Conflicker, but it has been determined that it merely a new side of Conflicker that was intended to come out.Experts who have analyzed the code suspect that it is a keystroke logger or another type of program designed to steal data, however the code is heavily encrypted and therefore hard to read. The worm also tries to connect to large websites to test internet availability, then deletes traces of itself from the host machine. The virus is set to shut down on May 3rd (my birthday!!) and cease replication, however infected computers will still be controlled.
Although Conflicker is still in the news, I feel it will not be a problem for much longer and will do less damage than orginally expected. It is unfortunate that we must deal with such problems, but it seems experts have a good handle on what is happening and how to control it.
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