There's a Windows virus doing the rounds

[mhku]

There's a virus doing the rounds, has infected about 9m computers.

The number of Windows computers infected with the new "downadup" worm – also known as "Conficker" and "Kido" – has exploded to almost 9 million worldwide, from roughly 2.4m last Thursday, according to the computer security company F-Secure.

There's a Windows update here:

_http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

More info here:

_http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/19/downadup-conficker-kido-computer-infection

_http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2008/oct/25/windows-critical-patch