According to Entertainment Weekly, “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” raked in $22.2 million from its midnight showings early Wednesday morning–the most ever.  At this rate, the film has potential to break five-day records as well.  And, according to Variety, the film earned $100 million worldwide in just 24 hours.

Since millions of people are searching the Internet for info on the latest “Harry Potter” adventure-fantasy film, hackers have developed a virus that could affect would-be downloaders, according to an article from MTV News.  Popular sites such as Digg.com have been targeted, in which cybercriminals have found a way to post headlines that read “Watch ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ online free!”  And as professional-looking images from the film appear on the computer screen as well, Potter fans are convinced the movie is just one click away– but as they keep clicking, a virus is being installed on their computers instead.

The virus is extremely intrusive and searches your computer for credit card or bank information, and even social security numbers.  Michael Greene, VP of Product Strategy at PC Tools, told MTV that hackers will collect your information and “then they’ll turn around and sell that to another group, a ‘carding operation’ they call it, and these guys will buy blank credit cards from a third group; they’ll put them together, print out the credit cards and then sell physical credit cards with your numbers on the street.”

In the article, Greene recommends just paying the 10 bucks to see the movie in a theater.  And if you’ve already been plagued by the virus, get a good antivirus program and clean your computer immediately.

In the Twitterverse, most “Potter” fans are angry about the virus, while others are still trying to find a way to download the movie for free:

1. 
   JennyBucket #notagoodlook spammers and their harry potter movies and books. Go away, already!
2. 
   antonywho Whole bunch of spammers r attacking Harry Potter too!
3. 
   dilantailor is trying to find a link to watch harry potter and the half blood prince online free :-S
4. 
   rossy_73 lookin 4 harry potter and the half-blood prince online for free without download
   does anybody knw of 1 ???
5. 
   RealZoltan so there is an email going around saying you can download Harry Potter for free but its a virus DONT OPEN IT
6. 
   elucastaylor Sleaze exists. Spammers R touting free viewings of new Harry Potter movie online &delivering malware instead. http://tinyurl.com/ktgwv9

Twitterers also expressed their love for the new “Potter” movie, while others were actually disappointed it broke box office records:

1. 
   juliov23 A bit of late tweet but I hope I’m not the only one of my tweeps that dressed up for Harry Potter at midnight @Rkleven joined me of course.
2. 
   Word2TheWealthy Just got back from a little trip in blah blah blah. Saw the Harry Potter midnight show! Waited 6 hours in line, best seats ever! Worth it…
3. 
   manservantDAZLR i saw harry potter at midnight opening night. it was a grand experience, although the movie.. the more i think about it.. was pure shyit
4. 
   mizzfit02 online again. saw harry potter 6 last night, midnight showing. loved the movie. film 7 & 8 can’t come fast enough.
5. 
   Shaygirl767 I Wish I Had Gone To The Midnight Showing Of ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’. But It Was A Sold Out Show. |:
6. 
   DrawingBlanks Just learned this morning that Harry Potter beat The Dark Knight’s midnight shows record. Part of me just died, and now I’m out for blood.
7. 
   gboywigga I SAW HARRY POTTER MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, AND ANYONE WHO HASNT SEEN IT YET, YOU MUST GO, ITS VERY MOVING, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE ENDDING.
8. 
   heatherbrewer saw Harry Potter yesterday (1st time I missed the midnight showing) and, as with the book, really felt for Malfoy the entire time. Loved it!
9. 
   nwaDylrebmik @rockinrejectfan harry potter was ok. definitely not worth goin to the midnight showing for. haha yes im a dork

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