If your computer seems to be posed and fixed on Harry Potter it probably has been infected with the W32/Hairy-A worm. The worm spreads from PC by USB memory drives.

According to the The Sunday Mail you should look out for the following symptoms:

A file called “HarryPotter-TheDeathlyHallows.doc” can be found on infected PCs and once opened the only words inside are: Harry Potter is dead.

The worm also creates a number of new Windows users on the computer which are named after the main characters in JK Rowling’s popular books including Harry Potter, Hermione Grainger and Ron Weasley.

In addition whenever infected users open Internet Explorer they will find their home page has been re-directed to an Amazon.com web page selling the spoof book Harry Putter and the Chamber of Cheesecakes.

Keep your anti-virus updated!

[Harry Potter worm infects PCs]

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