Computer Virus – May leave Microsoft Windows users vulnerable to digital hijacking is spreading fast on companies in the United States, Asia and Europe.  I has been reported that an estimated 9 million machines were already infected. But reports said that it may also be a dud.

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Bug on computer systems have become a common affliction, Finland-based F-Secure says a virus it has been tracking for the past several weeks has surged more rapidly through corporate networks than anything they’ve seen in years. Fortunately,  the virus doesn’t appear to be working as it was designed.

F-Secure’s chief security adviser, Patrik Runald, said the coding of the virus suggests a type of bug that alerts computer users to bogus infections on their machines and offers to help by selling them antivirus software. Instead, the virus is simply spreading to little effect, though it may still pose a threat to infected computers.
“The gang behind this worm haven’t used it yet,” F-Secure’s chief research officer, Nikko Hypponen said by phone. “But they could do anything they like with any of these machines at any time.”

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I suggest that all online windows users should take precautions in visiting websites and update your anti-virus patches as often as possible. We don’t really know when the culprit of this malicious program will strike hard.

In the meantime, Microsoft issued a security update last Tuesday to deal with the so-called “Downadup” or “Conficker” virus, which appears to be a new version of a bug that popped up in October.

Most computers with Windows will automatically download Microsoft’s security update, but Hypponen said the virus disables updates on infected machines.

The origin of the virus is still a mystery, F-Secure’s best guess is it came from Ukraine. Hypponen said it is coded to avoid computers there, which may indicate whoever wrote the virus was trying to avoid drawing attention from local authorities.