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Conficker Dominates This Week's Hot Google Searches

huffingtonpost.com
Apr. 3, 2009
Fears of the Conficker computer virus rocked the nation this week, according to an analysis of Google search data. "Conficker virus" was the #1 rising Google search of the last seven days, according to Google Insights for Search. Conficker is a virus that targets Microsoft Windows, and...
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch