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Warning: your Internet may not work on Monday (how to detect and fix malware infection)
Posted on 07/07/2012 6:55:17 AM PDT by Innovative
An estimated 300,000 computers, most of them in the United States, Italy and India, could be infected and lose their Internet service, Queen's University associate professor Thomas Dean said Friday.
Dean said Canadians can go to www.dcwg.org to check if their computers are infected and take appropriate measures.
If computers have been infected due to the scam, they haven't been able to perform anti-virus software or system updates, leaving them vulnerable to other malware, said Dean, who teaches in Queen's University's department of electrical and computer engineering.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; computers; dnnnnschanger; dns; dnschanger; hoax; internet; internetvirus; linux; malware; notbreakingnews; scam; vanity
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To: itssme
Norton probably already protected your system a long time ago.
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posted on
07/07/2012 6:26:37 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Ron H.
The ones near my house are black.
42
posted on
07/07/2012 8:39:15 PM PDT
by
ponygirl
(Be Breitbart.)
To: Fishtalk
We sometimes make life more difficult than it need ought to be.
Live and learn. Life is mostly simple disguised as complicated.
43
posted on
07/08/2012 6:05:26 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the StatistI)
To: Innovative
44
posted on
07/08/2012 6:12:29 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the StatistI)
To: Innovative
45
posted on
07/08/2012 6:12:45 AM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the StatistI)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
LOL. You guys crack me up.
46
posted on
07/08/2012 8:04:36 AM PDT
by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(It's hurricane season! Yay!)
To: Cherokee Conservative
“Haven’t you seen those black helicopters hanging around your house?”
Ha...I thought it was just me..Ha on me!
47
posted on
07/08/2012 10:43:17 AM PDT
by
hummingbird
(Breitbart and Spartacus: here, there, everywhere.)
To: discostu
You do realize of course that the back bone of the internet runs through government servers and literally every single thing you do on the internet goes through a connection to our government right?Maybe on TV, but not in the real world.
48
posted on
07/08/2012 1:03:38 PM PDT
by
Darth Reardon
(No offense to drunken sailors)
To: Innovative
I’m good. Just so everyone knows.
49
posted on
07/08/2012 3:31:10 PM PDT
by
ecomcon
To: TangoLimaSierra
Thanks for the link ( www.dns-ok.us )!
I got a green color (not red) does that mean I’m all set for whatever happens monday?
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posted on
07/08/2012 3:48:09 PM PDT
by
tsowellfan
(http://www.cafenetamerica.com/)
To: ecomcon
Good! Glad to hear you will still have internet tomorrow too...
They were just talking about it on FoxNews also.
For those infected they will lose internet service at 12:01 EASTERN time, so for those towards the West it’s earlier, as in later this evening.
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posted on
07/08/2012 4:58:52 PM PDT
by
Innovative
(None are so blind that will not see.)
To: tsowellfan
Green means you are OK and will still have access to the internet tomorrow.
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posted on
07/08/2012 5:00:27 PM PDT
by
Innovative
(None are so blind that will not see.)
To: tsowellfan
Green is good. You should be ok. If not, neither am I.
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posted on
07/08/2012 5:01:11 PM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
To: Innovative
OK I went to the http://www.dns-ok.us/ website - I got the green “OK”. Is that all I’m supposed to do? My computer will be OK tomorrow?
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posted on
07/08/2012 5:59:23 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(I'm with Sarah Palin: Anybody But Obama 2012)
To: nutmeg
Yes, your computer is OK, shouldn’t have any problems.
Green is good (except for the overzealous green agenda, but that’s another story)
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posted on
07/08/2012 8:01:07 PM PDT
by
Innovative
(None are so blind that will not see.)
To: Innovative
Thank you! :-)
Green is good (except for the overzealous green agenda, but that’s another story)
LOL, I hear ya...
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posted on
07/08/2012 8:24:00 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(I'm with Sarah Palin: Anybody But Obama 2012)
To: Josephat
My thoughts exactly. Trusting the government is not high on my list.
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posted on
07/09/2012 4:39:30 AM PDT
by
rfreedom4u
(I have a copy of the Constitution! And I'm not afraid to use it!)
To: rfreedom4u
It’s Monday.
How can I tell if I have an internet connection?
(LOL)
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posted on
07/09/2012 5:01:34 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: Innovative
Step one: Check to see if you are logged in.
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posted on
07/09/2012 5:03:10 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
To: Innovative
Maybe they are waiting until 11:59 pm?
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posted on
07/09/2012 4:49:38 PM PDT
by
Leep
(Enemy of the StatistI)
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