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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090119/tuk-computer-worm-goes-out-of-control-45dbed5.html"><P class="ynw-standfirst">A <A href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/computer-viruses.html">computer virus</A> attacking Microsoft Windows has infected almost nine million machines and is spreading faster than ever before. <A href="#ynw-article-part2" class="offscreen">Skip related content</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090119/tuk-computer-worm-goes-out-of-control-45dbed5.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/uk.news.yahoo.com/img/327098B2-4768-424F-9065-96E1E0C49608" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090119/tuk-computer-worm-goes-out-of-control-45dbed5.html"><P id="ynw-article-part2">Experts say the worm has "skyrocketed" in recent days.</P><P>It is sweeping through thousands of offices in the UK and has affected computers at the Ministry of Defence.</P><P>The virus - known variously as Conficker, Kido or Downadup - burrows deep into the operating system and tricks the machine into running the infected program.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090119/tuk-computer-worm-goes-out-of-control-45dbed5.html"><P>Once the worm is running on the computer it automatically starts to download more malicious programs from hackers' websites, with devastating effects.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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