police have been left stunned after coming across a car parked on a busy street covered in hundreds of chili peppers . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of the road laden down with a vast amount of large red chillies . according to several commenters on the post , the incident occurred on bridge st in hornsby on the upper north shore of sydney and is a regular occurrence . nsw police have been left stunned after coming across the above car covered in chili peppers on the side of a busy road . ` he 's been doing this for years ... . he lives in one of the units in bridge road . parks outside my unit block -lrb- cnr albert & bridge -rrb- for some reason . sometimes he puts it out on the grass on a tarp . ' one commenter said . wimbledon semi-finalist milos raonic and 19-year-old australian nick kyrgios will make their debuts at the aegon championships at queen 's club this summer . canada 's raonic , ranked no 6 in the world , lost to roger federer in last year 's wimbledon semi-final while kyrgios burst onto the scene with a shock fourth-round victory over two-time champion rafael nadal . the duo will join nadal , andy murray , stan wawrinka , marin cilic and defending champion grigor dimitrov at queen 's , which begins on june 15 . by . ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits of statins vastly outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts has claimed . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- software giant microsoft is offering a $ 250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of hackers behind a powerful computer virus that could lead to millions of pcs being hijacked . experts say a single infected laptop could expose an entire network to the worm . experts have so far been baffled by the true purpose of the conficker or downadup virus , but have described its spread as one of the most serious infections ever seen . the worm exploits a bug in microsoft windows to infect mainly corporate networks , then -- although it has yet to cause any harm -- it opens a link back to its point of origin , meaning it can receive further orders to wreak havoc . six professors from british universities yesterday entered the growing debate about the use of statins , the uk 's most prescribed drug . many gps and patients are concerned about their over-prescription , which some say will needlessly expose people to side effects such as muscle pain and diabetes . but the group of leading cardiologists and epidemiologists dismissed fears about side effects as misrepresentative and misleading . microsoft has issued a patch to fix the bug , however if a single machine is infected in a large network , it will spread unchecked -- often reinfecting machines that have been disinfected . the threat from the virus prompted microsoft in collaboration with other technology industry names to this week announce a $ 250,000 reward for information to track down those behind conficker . `` as part of microsoft 's ongoing security efforts , we constantly look for ways to use a diverse set of tools and develop methodologies to protect our customers , '' said george stathakopoulos , of microsoft 's trustworthy computing group . mikko hypponen , chief research officer at anti-virus firm f-secure says the true scope of the virus is not known , but in the past 24 hours his company monitored conficker signals from two million internet protocol addresses . `` that 's a lot , '' he told cnn . `` and one ip address here does not mean one infected computer , it means at least one infected computer . nsw police also shared the image with the caption ` the heat is on ' , leading many to question what the car owner 's offence actually was . while daily mail australia has contacted nsw police for comment , a spokesperson said it may well be one of the weird and wacky things sighted by highway patrol cars on the road . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of a busy road laden down with a vast amount of large red chillies . according to several commenters on the post , the incident occurred on bridge st in hornsby on the upper north shore of sydney and is a regular occurrence . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car . croatia 's milos raonic in action during his run to the wimbledon semi-finals last summer . professor george davey smith , clinical epidemiologist at bristol university , said ` the jury is no longer out ' on statins . he said : ` trials have shown unequivocally that statins reduce coronary heart disease mortality and there are very low levels of severe side effects . ` we are not forcing these tablets down people 's throats , we are giving people the evidence on which to make a decision . ' professor davey smith added that a great root of the misunderstanding is that people on statins tend to blame the drug for any minor health problem . `` many of those ip addresses are obviously company proxies or firewalls , hiding hundreds of more infections behind it . unfortunately this also makes it impossible to estimate the total count of infected systems . `` so it 's still big . very big . '' he said : ` because people have symptoms they look for an explanation and their doctors look for an explanation , and they attribute it to the tablet . ' their intervention comes just a fortnight before the national institute for health and care excellence is due to publish new guidelines that will radically increase the use of the drug . the medication is currently only available to those at a 20 per cent risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke within the next decade . some seven million britons already take the drug . the new guidance will advise gps to prescribe statins to anyone deemed to have a 10 per cent risk , which is estimated to increase the number on statins by up to ten million . the planned shift to ` pre-emptive ' prescribing has led some gps to warn that many people will be given the drugs who do not need them . dr kailash chand , deputy chairman of the british medical association , said : ` statins are very useful for people at high risk , those who have had a stroke or heart attack . new guidance advises gps to prescribe statins to anyone with a 10 per cent risk , leading some gps to warn that people who do n't need the drug might be given it . ` but to prescribe these drugs to those at low risk prompts a real concern we are over-medicalising and over-statinising britain . ` statins definitely have side effects -- that is what i have seen after 30 years of prescribing them as a gp . to say otherwise is just not true . ' microsoft has previously paid out similar rewards to informants who helped identify the creator of sasser , another notorious worm let loose in 2004 . the perpetrator was tracked to germany , where he was sentenced a year later . but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively shown that taking statins over five years increases the risk of side effects by less than 1 per cent . he added : ` it is n't irrelevant to have a heart attack , it is a major life-changing event . ` for many people a stroke is a life-changing event . to avoid these is important . ` if one looks at the absolute risk , which is less than 1 per cent , and you look at the absolute benefit , the benefits in those terms outweigh the risk . ' nick kyrgios was responsible for the biggest upset at sw19 last year when he beat rafael nadal . it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner . one photos shows baskets inside and outside the car , one lined with a korean newspaper and filled with the chili peppers . many facebook users have said that this is a traditional method of drying out peppers in the sun before they are then used to make hot dishes such as kimchi or guksu . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car.it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner .
police have come across a car covered in chili peppers . the car was parked on the side of a busy street in hornsby . according to facebook users , it is a regular occurance .
police have been left stunned after coming across a car parked on a busy street covered in hundreds of chili peppers . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of the road laden down with a vast amount of large red chillies . according to several commenters on the post , the incident occurred on bridge st in hornsby on the upper north shore of sydney and is a regular occurrence . nsw police have been left stunned after coming across the above car covered in chili peppers on the side of a busy road . ` he 's been doing this for years ... . he lives in one of the units in bridge road . parks outside my unit block -lrb- cnr albert & bridge -rrb- for some reason . sometimes he puts it out on the grass on a tarp . ' one commenter said . wimbledon semi-finalist milos raonic and 19-year-old australian nick kyrgios will make their debuts at the aegon championships at queen 's club this summer . canada 's raonic , ranked no 6 in the world , lost to roger federer in last year 's wimbledon semi-final while kyrgios burst onto the scene with a shock fourth-round victory over two-time champion rafael nadal . the duo will join nadal , andy murray , stan wawrinka , marin cilic and defending champion grigor dimitrov at queen 's , which begins on june 15 . by however if a single machine is infected in a large network , it will spread unchecked -- often reinfecting machines that have been disinfected . the threat from the virus prompted microsoft in collaboration with other technology industry names to this week announce a $ 250,000 reward for information to track down those behind conficker . `` as part of microsoft 's ongoing security efforts , we constantly look for ways to use a diverse set of tools and develop methodologies to protect our customers , '' said george stathakopoulos , of microsoft 's trustworthy computing group . mikko hypponen , chief research officer at anti-virus firm f-secure says the true scope of the virus is not known , but in the past 24 hours his company monitored conficker signals from two million internet protocol addresses . `` that 's a lot , '' he told cnn . `` and one ip address here does not mean one infected computer , it means at least one infected computer . nsw police also shared the image with the caption ` the heat is on ' , leading many to question what the car owner 's offence actually was . while daily mail australia has contacted nsw police for comment , a spokesperson said it may well be one of the weird and wacky things sighted by highway patrol cars on the road . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of a paid out similar rewards to informants who helped identify the creator of sasser , another notorious worm let loose in 2004 . the perpetrator was tracked to germany , where he was sentenced a year later . but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively shown that taking statins over five years increases the risk of side effects by less than 1 per cent . he added : ` it is n't irrelevant to have a heart attack , it is a major life-changing event . ` for many people a stroke is a life-changing event . to avoid these is important . ` if one looks at the absolute risk , which is less than 1 per cent , and you look at the absolute benefit , the benefits in those terms outweigh the risk . ' nick kyrgios was responsible for the biggest upset at sw19 last year when he beat rafael nadal . it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner . one photos shows baskets inside and outside the car , one lined with a korean newspaper and filled with the chili peppers . many facebook users have said that this is a traditional method of drying out peppers in the sun before they are then used to make hot dishes such as kimchi or guksu . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car.it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner .
. ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits of statins vastly outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts has claimed . -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- software giant microsoft is offering a $ 250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of hackers behind a powerful computer virus that could lead to millions of pcs being hijacked . experts say a single infected laptop could expose an entire network to the worm . experts have so far been baffled by the true purpose of the conficker or downadup virus , but have described its spread as one of the most serious infections ever seen . the worm exploits a bug in microsoft windows to infect mainly corporate networks , then -- although it has yet to cause any harm -- it opens a link back to its point of origin , meaning it can receive further orders to wreak havoc . six professors from british universities yesterday entered the growing debate about the use of statins , the uk 's most prescribed drug . many gps and patients are concerned about their over-prescription , which some say will needlessly expose people to side effects such as muscle pain and diabetes . but the group of leading cardiologists and epidemiologists dismissed fears about side effects as misrepresentative and misleading . microsoft has issued a patch to fix the bug , however if a single machine is infected in a large network , it will spread unchecked -- often reinfecting machines that have been disinfected . the threat from the virus prompted microsoft in collaboration with other technology industry names to this week announce a $ 250,000 reward for information to track down those behind conficker . `` as part of microsoft 's ongoing security efforts , we constantly look for ways to use a diverse set of tools and develop methodologies to protect our customers , '' said george stathakopoulos , of microsoft 's trustworthy computing group . mikko hypponen , chief research officer at anti-virus firm f-secure says the true scope of the virus is not known , but in the past 24 hours his company monitored conficker signals from two million internet protocol addresses . `` that 's a lot , '' he told cnn . `` and one ip address here does not mean one infected computer , it means at least one infected computer . nsw police also shared the image with the caption ` the heat is on ' , leading many to question what the car owner 's offence actually was . while daily mail australia has contacted nsw police for comment , a spokesperson said it may well be one of the weird and wacky things sighted by highway patrol cars on the road . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of a busy road laden down with a vast amount of large red chillies . according to several commenters on the post , the incident occurred on bridge st in hornsby on the upper north shore of sydney and is a regular occurrence . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car . croatia 's milos raonic in action during his run to the wimbledon semi-finals last summer . professor george davey smith , clinical epidemiologist at bristol university , said ` the jury is no longer out ' on statins . he said : ` trials have shown unequivocally that statins reduce coronary heart disease mortality and there are very low levels of severe side effects . ` ' their intervention comes just a fortnight before the national institute for health and care excellence is due to publish new guidelines that will radically increase the use of the drug . the medication is currently only available to those at a 20 per cent risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke within the next decade . some seven million britons already take the drug . the new guidance will advise gps to prescribe statins to anyone deemed to have a 10 per cent risk , which is estimated to increase the number on statins by up to ten million . the planned shift to ` pre-emptive ' prescribing has led some gps to warn that many people will be given the drugs who do not need absolute benefit , the benefits in those terms outweigh the risk . ' nick kyrgios was responsible for the biggest upset at sw19 last year when he beat rafael nadal . it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner . one photos shows baskets inside and outside the car , one lined with a korean newspaper and filled with the chili peppers . many facebook users have said that this is a traditional method of drying out peppers in the sun before they are then used to make hot dishes such as kimchi or guksu . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car.it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner .
police have left stunned coming a car parked covered hundreds chili peppers. nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image, showing a silver car on laden down a vast amount large red chillies. according several commenters, the incident bridge st hornsby on the upper north shore sydney and is a regular occurrence. nsw police have left stunned coming the above car covered chili peppers on. ` he 's been doing... . he lives one the units bridge road. parks outside my unit block -lrb- cnr albert & bridge for. sometimes he puts out on the grass on a tarp. ' one commenter. wimbledon semi-finalist milos raonic and 19-year-old australian nick kyrgios will make the aegon championships queen 's club this. canada 's raonic, ranked no 6 lost roger federer last year 's wimbledon semi while kyrgios burst two-time champion rafael nadal the duo will join nadal, andy murray stan wawrinka marin cilic defending champion grigor dimitrov at queen 's, which begins june 15. by. ben spencer. the benefits statins outweigh, a group health experts claim. overwhelming evidence now the benefits statins vastly, a group claimed -lrb- cnn -- software giant microsoft offering hackers behind a powerful computer virus lead millions pcs hijacked. experts say a single infected laptop expose the worm. experts have so baffled the true purpose the conficker or downadup virus, have described its spread one ever. the worm exploits a bug microsoft windows infect mainly corporate networks, then -- although has yet cause opens a link back its point meaning receive further orders to wreak. six professors british universities yesterday entered the growing debate statins, the uk 's most prescribed drug. many gps and patients are concerned their over-prescription, which some say will needlessly expose people muscle pain diabetes but the group of leading cardiologists dismissed fears misrepresentative misleading. microsoft has issued, however if a single machine infected in a large network, spread unchecked -- often reinfecting disinfected. the threat from the virus prompted microsoft in collaboration other technology industry names this week a $ 250,000 reward to track those behind conficker. `` as part microsoft 's ongoing security efforts, we constantly look use a diverse set develop methodologies, '' george stathakopoulos of microsoft 's trustworthy computing group mikko hypponen, chief research officer f-secure says the true scope, in his company monitored conficker signals two million internet protocol addresses. `` that 's, '' told cnn `` and one ip address here does one infected computer,. nsw police also shared the image with the caption ` the heat ', leading many the car owner 's offence actually. while daily mail australia has contacted nsw police comment, a spokesperson may well one the weird and wacky things sighted highway patrol cars. nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image, showing a silver car on laden down a vast amount large red chillies. according several commenters, the incident bridge st hornsby on the upper north shore sydney and is a regular occurrence. in the pictures, the chili peppers clearly slashed open littered on the bonnet. croatia 's milos raonic in action during his run the wimbledon semi last. professor george davey smith, clinical epidemiologist at bristol university said ` the jury no ' statins. he said : ` trials have unequivocally statins reduce there very low levels severe side effects. ` we forcing these tablets down people 's throats, we giving people the evidence on which make. ' professor davey smith added that a great root the misunderstanding people on statins tend blame the drug any minor health problem. `` many those ip addresses obviously company proxies firewalls, hiding hundreds more infections behind it. unfortunately this also makes estimate the total count infected systems. `` so it 's still big. very big. '' he : ` because people symptoms they look an explanation their doctors look, attribute the tablet. ' their intervention comes just fortnight the national institute health and care excellence new guidelines radically increase the drug. the medication currently only at a 20 per cent risk suffering within. some seven million britons already take the drug. the new guidance will advise gps to prescribe statins anyone deemed, which estimated increase on ten million. the planned shift ` preemptive ' prescribing has led some gps warn many people given the drugs who do. dr kailash chand, deputy chairman the british medical association, : ` statins very useful people at, those had. new guidance advises gps prescribe statins anyone a 10 per cent risk, leading warn people do n't the drug given. ` but to prescribe these drugs those at low risk prompts a real concern we overmedicalising andstatinising britain. ` statins definitely side effects -- that what i have after 30 years prescribing as a gp. to say otherwise just not. ' microsoft has previously paid out similar rewards informants helped identify the creator sasser, another notorious worm let 2004. the perpetrator was tracked germany, sentenced a. but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively taking statins over five years increases side effects by less. he added : ` it n't irrelevant have a heart attack, a major life-changing event. ` for many people a stroke. to avoid these is important. ` if one looks the absolute risk, which less per and you the benefits in those terms outweigh ' nick kyrgios was responsible the biggest upset at sw19 last when beat rafael nadal. it unclear is was an action the highway patrol team done on the car owner. one photos shows baskets inside and the car, one lined a korean newspaper filled the chili peppers many facebook users said a traditional method drying peppers before then hot dishes such guksu. in the pictures, the chili peppers clearly slashed open littered on the bonnet the car.it unclear is was an action the highway patrol team done on.
however if a single machine is infected in a large network , it will spread unchecked -- often reinfecting machines that have been disinfected . the threat from the virus prompted microsoft in collaboration with other technology industry names to this week announce a $ 250,000 reward for information to track down those behind conficker . `` as part of microsoft 's ongoing security efforts , we constantly look for ways to use a diverse set of tools and develop methodologies to protect our customers , '' said george stathakopoulos , of microsoft 's trustworthy computing group . mikko hypponen , chief research officer at anti-virus firm f-secure says the true scope of the virus is not known , but in the past 24 hours his company monitored conficker signals from two million internet protocol addresses . `` that 's a lot , '' he told cnn . `` and one ip address here does not mean one infected computer , it means at least one infected computer . nsw police also shared the image with the caption ` the heat is on ' , leading many to question what the car owner 's offence actually was . while daily mail australia has contacted nsw police for comment , a spokesperson said it may well be one of the weird and wacky things sighted by highway patrol cars on the road . nsw traffic and highway patrol command shared the bizarre image on their facebook page , showing a silver car on the side of a paid out similar rewards to informants who helped identify the creator of sasser , another notorious worm let loose in 2004 . the perpetrator was tracked to germany , where he was sentenced a year later . but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively shown that taking statins over five years increases the risk of side effects by less than 1 per cent . he added : ` it is n't irrelevant to have a heart attack , it is a major life-changing event . ` for many people a stroke is a life-changing event . to avoid these is important . ` if one looks at the absolute risk , which is less than 1 per cent , and you look at the absolute benefit , the benefits in those terms outweigh the risk . ' nick kyrgios was responsible for the biggest upset at sw19 last year when he beat rafael nadal . it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner . one photos shows baskets inside and outside the car , one lined with a korean newspaper and filled with the chili peppers . many facebook users have said that this is a traditional method of drying out peppers in the sun before they are then used to make hot dishes such as kimchi or guksu . in the pictures , the chili peppers are clearly slashed open and littered on the bonnet of the car.it is unclear is this was an action taken by the highway patrol team or done on purpose by the car owner .
 Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the identification of those responsible for spreading a computer virus that has infected millions of computers worldwide. The company's collaboration with other technology industry names aims to protect customers from cyber threats.