Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks

New York Times: Conficker, uses flaws in Windows software to co-opt machines and link them into a virtual computer that can be commanded remotely by its authors. With more than five million of these zombies now under its control — government, business and home computers in more than 200 countries — this shadowy computer has power that dwarfs that of the world’s largest data centers. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/technology/27compute.html?_r=2&emc=eta1