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| Subject: Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday-- 7/5/2012, 10:06 am | |
| Probably nothing for you to worry about but better to be safe than sorry. Recommended site also has easy instructions should you want to check your computer manually... Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday - Quote :
- 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
The site includes links to respected commercial sites that will run a quick check on the computer, and it also lays out detailed instructions if users want to actually check the computer themselves.
Jul 5, 3:14 AM (ET)
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
(AP) This undated handout image provided by The DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) shows the... Full Image
WASHINGTON (AP) - The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.
But 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.
Despite repeated alerts, the number of computers that probably are infected is more than 277,000 worldwide, down from about 360,000 in April. Of those still infected, the FBI believes that about 64,000 are in the United States.
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. | |
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