US software protection firm F-Secure says a computer worm known as "Conficker" or "Downadup" had infected more than nine million computers by Tuesday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily.
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, back left, stands by as Perkins School for the Blind students Cory Kadlik, 17, left and Laurie Cherry-White, 17, right,explore screen access software that provides full and equal access for blind consumers to Apple's iTunes, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 at the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)