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Red2111

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just an FYI.

 

Tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago.

 

Users whose computers are still infected Monday will lose their ability to go online, and they will have to call their service providers for help deleting the malware and reconnecting to the Internet.

 

In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net. They brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take over for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose their Internet. But that temporary system will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday, July 9.

 

To check whether a computer is infected, users can visit a website run by the group brought in by the FBI: http://www.dcwg.org .

 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-07-05/malware-internet-monday/56026836/1

 

http://www.dcwg.org/

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