jsinger - 6:35 pm on Jan 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

1 billion PCs worldwide? That seems way high. I have a bunch including several ancient ones that I could use for parts in a pinch. But I'd only use one or two for shopping.

A local TV station did a investigative report on Conficker last night. No question the popular media has often gone overboard in alarming people about insignificant computer issues over the years. But this appears to be a genuine problem for many. Panda software has reported that 6% of the 2 million machines they've scanned are infected.
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OTOH, we too have received no reports for example of customers ordering by phone because their machine is down.