'60 Minutes': 30 Percect infected? Video
'60 Minutes': 30 Percect infected? Video Transcript
[Lesley Stahl:] You are saying that if for instance I had a computer with the worm, I wouldn't even know? [Jonathan Zittrain:] You would likely not know. Now, once your computer has the worm, it basically has the keys to the kingdom, the worm that is. It has the keys to the kingdom. It can be reprogrammed usually these stays from afar, so the so called payload of the bad code can be TBD -- to be determined. We will wait to see what it will do later. It will get an instruction and who knows, but usually, that instruction is something that is meant to happen in the background. It's like having some stomach bug or something that you are carrying. You might feel the slightest bit of indigestion, but it is trying not to trouble you too much so you won't go to the trouble of exorcising it. [Lesley Stahl:] So, in other words, I could have a worm on my computer and be completely unaware of it. [Jonathan Zittrain:] Yes. [Lesley Stahl:] That's possible. [Jonathan Zittrain:] Yes. It is in fact likely that at least 10 percent and maybe as much as 30 percent of the people watching this program have a worm on their machines right now. [Lesley Stahl:] What percent? [Jonathan Zittrain:] I'd say between 10 and 30 percent of the demographic watching this... [Lesley Stahl:] Have a worm [Jonathan Zittrain:] Show. [Lesley Stahl:] And obviously don't know it. [Jonathan Zittrain:] Yes. ^M00:01:09
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