Beginning in 2008 and continuing in to 2009, a similar virus named Gonficker has been extremely successful. Gonficek is believed to have infected nearly 10 million computers.Antivirus vendors and Microsoft have issued patches and updates that eradicate the virus, but it reinstalls itself and has proven to be quite resilient. the size of the ongoing infection has caused great concern,and a number of Internet service providers, computer security firms, and online businesses have formed the Conficker Working Group to monitor the virus. The large number of computers that remain infected infected provide a constant threat because they could be activated remotely at any time to launch a major attacks on any Web site in the world.