SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - April 10, 2009 As many as 12 million computers have been infected by /*Conficker*/.
Security firm Trend Micro says some of the machines have been
updated over the past few days with fake antivirus software - the
first attempt by Conficker's authors to profit from their massive
"botnet."
Criminals use bogus security software to extort money. Victims
are told their computers are infected, and can be fixed only by
paying for a clean-up that never happens.
Conficker gets on computers through a hole Microsoft patched in
October. PCs set up for automatic Windows updates should be clean.
RELATED LINKS:
AVG Free Anti-Virus
McAfee Conficker site
Microsoft Conficker Site
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