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15-Jan-2009, 10:02 AM #1
Researcher: Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours
Researcher: Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours.

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Whoopie!

I meant wubi!
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15-Jan-2009, 03:11 PM #3
If you installed the emergency Windows update for October, your PC was immune. If you waited and got botted, the latest malicious software tool update would remove it.

What's not to like about Windows Update?






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What's not to like about Windows Update?.
Is that a rhetorical question?

If not, Google has 346 000 000 things.
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Conficker Worm Attack Getting Worse: Here's How to Protect Yourself
"In a blog post, F-Secure security researchers report that the number of machines infected by the Downadup worm has skyrocketed from roughly 2.4 million to over 8.9 million in the last four days alone."
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/2...tectyourself_1
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Thats just crazy
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Wow, that a ton!
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