Acronis warns of the risk of Blackworm induced IT continuity problems starting 3rd February
The worm has the potential to wipe out user data and significantly compromise corporate servers, warn anti-spyware experts at Acronis. "The best defense against any such malware attack is simply not to open mail attachments from senders you do not know," said Acronis marketing director Stephen Lawton. "However, IT managers and users can put policies in place so that they are protected should a computer become infected. We strongly recommend that all users create an image of their computer systems before the damage is done and keep those images up to date by regularly backing up their systems. That way, if your system is damaged by a virus or other disaster, you will be able to restore the system to a known, working condition in minutes, not hours or days. "Creating just a file-based backup isn't enough. For example, if this worm crashes the hard disk, the user will need to restore the entire system to exactly how it was before the system was corrupted," he continued. "While having backups of user documents is helpful, the real time-consuming part of recovering from a systems failure is reinstalling the operating system and applications, installing all of the necessary registration codes, and reconfiguring the software and network settings." "Jumping on the bandwagon of the latest disaster - be it Hurricane Katrina or a malicious malware attack - is not the right approach to disaster recovery," said Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis. "A calm, reasoned, policy-based approach that covers all possible threats is what is needed to ensure that a company's corporate servers and workstations are protected. Planning is a profitable and necessary exercise that, in many cases, can prevent or mitigate damage from a potential catastrophic event."
•Date: 1st Feb 2006• Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: Warnings |
