Published September 13, 2012, 11:00 AM

From brand new laptop to infected by pressing 'on'

WASHINGTON (AP) — A customer in Shenzhen, China, took a brand new laptop out of its box and booted it up for the first time. But as the screen lit up, the computer began taking on a life of its own. The machine, triggered by a virus hidden in its hard drive, began searching across the Internet for another computer.

By: Richard Lardner, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun

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