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The program could delete all of the files on a person's computer, use zombie PCs -- those controlled by a master -- to overwhelm and shut down Web sites or monitor a person's keyboard strokes to collect private information like passwords or bank account information, experts said.>
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/03/24/conficker.computer.worm/>
>It was on the local news again today. Supposedly, if you can navigate to the most popular anti-virus sites, then you are not infected. One of the things it does is block those sites.
MS has a relatively user-friendly advisory:
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/worms/conficker.mspx
Regards. Al
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