Experts Worried After Worm Hits Windows-Based ATMs This is pretty ironical , considering my earlier post about windows embedded systems! Experts Worried After Worm Hits Windows-Based ATMs By Elinor Mills Abreu Automatic teller machines at two banks running Microsoft’s popular Windows software were infected by a computer virus in August, the maker of the machines said on Monday. The ATM infections, first reported by SecurityFocus.com, are believed to be the first of a computer virus wiggling directly onto cash machines. [ reuters ] Additional resources Last updated on 2003-12-09