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If you've turned on the TV in the past 24 hours, you've likely heard of the Conficker worm, known as Downadup to its friends, which is set to receive a set of mysterious and possibly disastrous instructions come April 1. WalletPop first covered this virus back in January, urging readers to download...

Computer security experts have been hunting for the creator of a worm called Conficker C that will supposedly damage millions of computers on April Fool's Day. A group of researchers calling itself the Conficker Cabal is in pursuit of the author of the malware and hopes to minimize potential damage...