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Conficker Infection Count Passes 7 Million

As it approaches its first birthday, the Conficker worm has an early celebration of sorts: its infection count has surpassed 7 million world-wide. The worm is apparently still very common in Brazil and China. Oddly enough, much of the world’s spam and malware comes from Brazil. What a coinky-dinky.

Although Conficker is probably the computer worm most known about, PCs continue to get infected by it, said Andre DiMino, co-founder of The Shadowserver Foundation. "The trend is definitely increasing and breaking 7 million is pretty much of a landmark event," he said.