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A Windows bug is the main target by a worm known as "Downadup or Confickter". It's a new sleeper virus which could leave an open door for hackers to steal vital financial or personal information.
It's constantly spreading even with Microsoft's patch released to fix the abused bug. It already has a very large infection in Europe, US and Asia.
Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure says that there team have reversed-engineered the programming of the worm and its linking back to point of origin which is suspected in Ukraine. More detail on CNN.com/technology, link below.
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