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Conficker Worm's Still Out There ... Doing Nothing

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2009 3:56 PM CDT

(Newser) – An April Fools information apocalypse did not occur, but the widespread Conficker virus that caused so much fear of is still out there, CNN reports. Experts are puzzled over the lack of an attack, but the sheer size of the Conficker infection—5 million computers—... Read full story »

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