The Conficker Worm: What Happens Next?

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 CBS-60 Minutes…

"Imagine a network of spies that has infiltrated a country and every day, all of the spies are calling in for their instructions on what to do next."

     Computer viruses, sometimes called worms, are hiding in the PCs of millions of Americans, threatening to steal financial information or cripple computers with multitudes of spam. Viruses like Conficker – which experts say will be given new instructions on April 1 – are worrying security experts, who wage war against the evolving viruses that are often the creation of foreign cyber gangs. Steve Trilling of Symantec, maker of the Norton anti-virus software, tells Lesley Stahl, "Imagine a network of spies that has infiltrated a country and every day, all of the spies are calling in for their instructions on what to do next."

Watch Stahl’s reporter’s notebook.

see the complete 60 Minutes interview here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4901282n

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