Conficker, considered to potentially be one of the nastiest worms to hit the Internet in some time, appears to have woken up. It is now downloading updates, which security analysts suspect to be keyloggers or other code designed to steal information from infected machines.

You can see if your computer is infected by going to Conficker Eye Chart.

If you can see all six pictures, it’s unlikely your computer is infected. If you don’t see all six, there is a short explanation of what you may be facing at the bottom of the page.

Photograph by Leonel Cunha.

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