Malware's Schedule Tasks

coolcool1227

I have noticed that some malwares also create scheduled tasks in the Windows Schedule Tasks. Does Bitdefender also detect such tasks for malicious action?

rootkit

Hello

Depending on the process and what it does through that scheduled task, we add detection for it.

If the original file is properly detected, the scheduled task is useless because it won;t have what to run.

Do you have a particular sample that creates a scheduled task and is not detected by Bitdefender?

Take care.

coolcool1227

If the original file is properly detected, the scheduled task is useless because it won;t have what to run.

What about the leftovers, as scheduled task in this case is the leftover of the infection? The antivirus must remove the virus traces and leftovers although they are useless, just junk.

Do you have a particular sample that creates a scheduled task and is not detected by Bitdefender?

I have a PC in my office where Avast Internet Security 7 is installed and our network is affected by Conflicker worm and Avast frequently display pop-up for that. And there is schedule task named "At1.job" present, which I delete it manually, but it re-appears and also Avast failed to detect and removes this also.

rootkit

Hello

We have generic detection for Conficker and At1.job is properly detected and deleted automatically.

Ask the network administrator to use this for Conficker:

http://www.bdtools.net/how-to-remove-downadup.php

Also, you can suggest them to switch to Bitdefender Business Products

http://www.bitdefender.com/business/

Take care.