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350,000 infected PCs to lose Internet access in July

article published on 22 April, 2012

The FBI has made it clear today that all Internet users should check their PCs for infection by the "DNSChanger" malware, which is expected to leave 350,000 people without Internet past July 9th. The malware is a DNS redirector, and at its peak infected over 4.2 million computers. Last year, the FBI took down an Internet "fraud ring" via a sting operation dubbed "Operation Ghost Click." ... [ read the full article ]

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nbfreak2
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_ 		23. April 2012 @ 08:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Some people need new hobbies.........
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ddp
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_ 		23. April 2012 @ 11:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
link doesn't work, get a "Service Unavailable. Please try again later." error message.
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LordRuss
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_ 		23. April 2012 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by ddp:
 link doesn't work, get a "Service Unavailable. Please try again later." error message.
Don't listen to SmaryJerry... I was using FireFox & I have it so tweaked out with AdBlock & No Script that it sends back the same error message; but when I fired up Google Chrome it reported back that I was just fine.

I recommend firing up another browser & seeing if the URL goes ahead & works. If one or another browser doesn't work... THEN start to worry.
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ddp
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_ 		23. April 2012 @ 18:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my ie8 comes up with that error but my firefox 3.6.24 links ok & says i'm ok.
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B2D327
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_ 		23. April 2012 @ 22:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
350,000 seems like a small number of pc users; maybe they have no business using the internet in the first place and we'll probably see a decline in posts here at afterdawn
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your conscience doesnt absolve your guilt

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Mez
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_ 		25. April 2012 @ 16:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So much for the user who claimed only a moron could get a virus because they shouldn't click on stupid icons and such. On the other hand there could easily be over 4 million morons in the world.
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JST1946
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_ 		25. April 2012 @ 16:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Here is a good site that will check your computers vulnerability.I got it from an IT specialist.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
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DADEO1
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Originally posted by JST1946:
 Here is a good site that will check your computers vulnerability.I got it from an IT specialist.

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
This is Steve Gibsons site. If you want more, check out his podcast on TWIT. It's called Security Now and it's very good.
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