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Microsoft says people who write this malware have to be held accountable and know the company will not let this kind of activity go unchecked. George Stathakapulous, the general manager of its trustworthy computing group, says "our message is very clear - whoever wrote this caused significant pain to our customers and we are sending a message that we will do everything we can to help with your arrest".

Since the malicious program was discovered in October 2008, it's estimated that as many as 12 million computers have been affected globally. The Conficker worm is a self-replicating program that takes advantage of networks or computers that have not kept up to date with Windows security patches. It can infect machines from the internet or by hiding on USB memory sticks, carrying data from one computer to another. The worm slithers through networks by guessing usernames and passwords.

Security specialists recommend hardening passwords by mixing in numbers, punctuation marks and upper case letters.

Maggie Shiels, BBC News, Silicon Valley

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malware
ویروس کامپیوتری که موجب مختل شدن کار کامپیوتر می شود

to be held accountable
have to be held accountable باید جوابگو باشند

will not let this kind of activity go unchecked
اجازه نخواهند داد عاملان این نوع فعالیت ها از مجازات در امان بمانند

caused significant pain to
در اینجا: موجب دردسرهای زیادی (برای مشتریان) شد

malicious
مغرضانه، با سوء نیت

takes advantage of
از موقعیت...... استفاده می کند

security patches
برنامه های مخصوصی که برای محافظت کامپیوترهای شرکت ها در برابر ویروس ها تهیه می شود

slithers through
در اینجا: به آسانی عبور می کند، به سهولت رخنه می کند

hardening
در اینجا: مشکل کردن

self-replicating
خود به خود تکثیر می شود