Current major threats: Conficker, Virtumundo
This article provides quick links to what you need to know about the current major threats, and how to clean up if you become infected.
Conficker
For a discussion of reports in the media regarding Conficker and 1st April, refer to http://sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/25/conficker-april-1st
| Information | Location |
|---|---|
| Conficker.C - A Technical Analysis (SophosLabs) | |
| The Conficker cleanup tool | |
| How to remove Conficker if you have Sophos Anti-Virus | Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: removing W32/Confick and Mal/Conficker with Sophos Anti-Virus |
| For a discussion of the threat posed by this malware | |
| A full description of the malware and how it can affect you is given on the Sophos security webpages. These pages also list aliases for this malware.
| Conficker has a number of variants, these include: |
Virtumundo
| Information | Location |
|---|---|
| How to remove Virtumundo | Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+: removing Troj/Virtum-Gen (Virtumundo) If clean-up fails contact Sophos Technical Support. You may wish to discuss with them whether you can use Sophos Bootable Anti-Virus. |
| A full description of the malware and how it can affect you is given on the Sophos security webpages. These pages also list aliases for this malware. | Virtumundo has a number of variants, these include: |
For an up-to-date discussion on these and other current threats, go to the SophosLabs blog.
For information on how to protect yourself against malware, refer to Sophos's Best practice document: Simple steps to defend against the latest threats.
If you need more information or guidance, then please contact technical support.
- Article ID: 53550
- Created: 27 Feb 2009
- Last updated: 20 Aug 2011
