Friday, January 23, 2009
New Virus Infects One In 16 PCs
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?
Paige Karenott,
Systems Analyst
"Yes—another inadvertently downloaded virus thwarted by my inadvertently downloaded security patch."
Emil Baer,
Ship-To-Shore Crane Engineer
"I refuse to live in fear, so to hell with it, mine's 7845shuteye."
Matt Staffen,
Machine Maintenance Mechanic
"I'm flattered that some hacker out there thinks my password can't be guessed on the spot."
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