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Davis said this virus did not require a user to download and run a file for a computer to become infected.
Davis said that there was no way to calculate how many Harvard computers had been attacked by the bug and said different estimates around the country have suggested a total of anywhere from “the low hundreds of thousands into low millions.”
The virus spread quickly. Davis said that several hours after the virus was discovered on Monday, it had hit Harvard’s network.
“There’s no reason somebody can’t write a variant to this program that would steal your credit card numbers or other information that you have stored on your computer,” Davis said.
“It’s certainly kept us extremely busy,” Davis said. “For Tuesday and Wednesday, everyone who was calling in was calling about this.”