New Virus Infects One In 16 PCs

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New Virus Infects One In 16 PCs

January 23, 2009 | ISSUE 45•04

A computer scan by Panda Security showed that almost 6 percent of Windows systems were infected with the Conficker/Downanup worm, which harvests passwords and makes them easier to hijack. What do you think?

Yes—another inadvertently downloaded virus thwarted by my inadvertently downloaded security patch.

Paige Karenott
Systems Analyst
I refuse to live in fear, so to hell with it, mine's 7845shuteye.

Emil Baer
Ship-To-Shore Crane Engineer
I'm flattered that some hacker out there thinks my password can't be guessed on the spot.

Matt Staffen
Machine Maintenance Mechanic

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