Conficker Day may have come and gone already without incident, but there's still plenty of malware, spyware, SPAM, worms, and viruses out there. If you didn't catch it last Sunday, you can learn more from this 60 Minutes feature on the problem:
On the positive side , it looks like some of the scarier predictions about Conficker didn't come true...yet. Of all PCs in the world that are the source of suspicious online activity, only 4% are infected with Conficker.c, according to security experts.
But it's still disturbing to know that even if you think you're doing all the right things, you could still be vulnerable. One-in-four Americans having fallen prey to the more destructive cyber-security problems--according to 60 Minutes--is certainly a high number, one that we should all be working harder to avoid.
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