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Warnings about the latest computer threat. Malicious악의적인 hackers controlling your PC and you might not even know it. This is World News with Charles Gibson. From ABC News, this is World News with Charles Gibson, reporting tonight from London. Computer experts and now the FBI are warning that tomorrow April fool’s day could be no joke when it comes to a serious computer virus. They say the Conflicker Worm which has been infecting millions of PCs is set to take a nasty난처한 turn. To do what? They are not sure. As ABC’s Elizabeth Leamy reports, it is another example of a troubling rise in malicious computer hacking.

 

One false click and a stranger can take over your computer. They can see every move you make online and even movements you make around your own home, because the intruder침입자 also controls everything connected to your computer including cameras. Three computer security experts showed us how it works. “It’s a very dangerous tool.” You open an unknown email attachment which infects your computer with a virus. The virus hijacks your computer, harnesses이용하다 its processing power, then links it with hundreds of others to create a super computer called a botnet. “This is organized crime at a global level that is in control of these botnets.”

 

Criminals use botnets to send 80% of the world's spam, to steal people's financial identities and to crack codes that make massive data breaches침해. The criminals troll견지낚시를 하다 the Internet 24/7 looking for their next victim. We connected a computer with outdated구식이 된 virus protection to the Internet. And after just 15 minutes, a computer in Alabama tried to take it over. At the 40 minute mark, another attack, this time from China.

 

Next, we tried opening an unknown e-mail attachment. Immediately, a malicious program lodged머무르다 itself on our computer, turned off our security system to clear a path for itself, then tried to communicate with its master. “So your computer is now communicating with criminals somewhere?” “That’s right. It has made several requests….to kind of phone home to the criminals to figure out what's the next step that it should take." Experts estimate crooks도둑 commandeer제멋대로 쓰다 hundreds of new computers every minute, often from half way around the world. Elizabeth Leamy, ABC News, Washington. And we have put together the most up to date ways to protect your computer. You can find it at our website, abcnews.com.

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