I remember the Love Bug. It was year 2000 and the IT world is crazy about the worldwide fiasco this minute worm had caused to millions of computer around the globe. Funny as it may seem, the 'Love Bug' was believed to have originated from the Philippines.The FBI have opened a criminal investigation. Reports suggest the virus may have originated in the Philippines. ISP Sky Internet Inc. in the Philippines are reported by ZDNet News to be hunting for a code writer who signed the virus code "Spyder, Manila, Philippines" and added the comment: "I hate go to school." (BBC.co.uk News)
This year, we are warned against the impending threat of the dreaded 'Conficker Virus' that is believed to unleash its effect on April Fool's Day. Around one to two million computers worldwide are expected to be affected by the virus.
The worm, a self-replicating program, takes advantage of networks or computers that haven't kept up to date with security patches for Windows RPC Server Service.
It can infect machines from the Internet or by hiding on USB memory sticks carrying data from one computer to another. (Inquirer.net)
Around one to two million computers worldwide are expected to be affected by the virus.
April Fool's is over, but many experts believed that the Conflicker virus has yet to release its potential threat. To prevent your system to be affected, make sure that your PC is updated.
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