The media seems to have walked away from the Downadup worm. Oh, sure, they still write stories … but today’s headlines fail to whip up any excitement. The key to it all? Major antivirus vendors continued to remain blasé after the column I wrote more than two weeks ago.
I honestly don’t remember when so many antivirus firms remained so calm during a media circus…
Take McAfee, for example. They finally changed their “breaking advisory” notice — yet as before, it makes no mention of Downadup:
“Microsoft has posted their Advance notification for the February 2009 bulletin release (releasing February 10). This release will include two ‘Critical’ updates (Internet Explorer and Microsoft Exchange). Updates for Microsoft SQL Server and Visio will be includef [sic] as well. All four bulletins carry a potential impact of remote code execution.”
“Potential impact”? What could be more potential than bazillions of infected zombie machines all waiting for their devilish master to command them? It almost defies description to see McAfee this calm.