Despite endemic penetration in Eastern European the Conficker virus is not the biggest security threat to Irish PCs according to data from anti-virus software company ESET. Officially labelled WMA/TrojanDownloader.GetCodec featured in approximately 6.5% of all virus detections, ranking in fifth on ESET’s global analysis with 1.45%.
Win32/GetCodec.A is a type of malware that modifies media files. This Trojan converts all media files found on a computer to the WMA format and adds a field to the header that includes a URL pointing the user to a new codec, claiming that the codec has to be downloaded so that the media files can be read. WMA/TrojanDownloader.GetCodec.Gen is a downloader closely related to Wimad.N which facilitates infection by GetCodec variants like Win32/GetCodec.A.
Responsible for the most high-profile virus alert in recent years, the Conficker worm infiltrated unsecured computer networks and was expected to unleash its payload on 1 April. Speculation about the mass harvesting of personal data, erasing of hard drives or denial of service attacks on websites proved unfounded. So far.
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