Posted on 06/14/2013 9:45:51 AM PDT by Bratch
For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.
Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.
The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, http://www.dcwg.org , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet.
(Excerpt) Read more at teapartyorg.ning.com ...
I have to try that.
Yepper - getting someone to go to your website is the most effective way to clandestinely install monitoring apps. Maybe the FBI went on its own phishing trip.
> They dont need a security partner, they have microsoft.
and Google and Apple ...
and IBM
> and IBM
.. and Sprint and Verizon and Facebook and Twitter ...
My sister in law is mental handicapped and LOVES to talk on the phone. She doesn’t always make much sense. One day when I was hot and sweaty from work, I got a call and gave it to her, then went and took a long shower.
After getting dressed, I noticed she was still on the phone, so I asked her to use the phone and sure enough they were still there. I gave her the phone back and it must have been close to an hour before she hung up.
22 minutes is impressive. Do you ever do relay teams or is strictly that solo efforts?
could have been a scam from the get-go
How do you waste telemarketers’ time without wasting your own time too?
(1)I'm retireed, so I look at it as one of my many hobbies (2)I multitask well. (3) Plus the fun of the competition with spouse makes it a hoot. I am leading 101-83 minutes after nine rounds(4) Getting the frustrated and exasperated comments from the telemarketers makes for free comedy.
Like I said earlier, wasting their time prevents others from being fleeced, so I see it as kind of a service to the community .
All solo. My wife and I compete. She likes to use the stall strategy, while my main mode is obfusication.
Ha ha—you guys are really serious about this!
Microcrap (Microsoft my another name) is partnered with the feds, so those ‘fix errors in your computer’ programs Gates offers for free if you have a product key number could also be federal backdoors don’tchaknow.
Oh I like that one! Best one I’ve ever heard was the guy who pretended a crime scene was in progress when a pushcall came in.
Well, ya might know freepers would have it at their finger tips. Post #34 is the one, with Tom Mabe, that I was thinking of. But I like yours too. Gonna use that one soon, when AARP calls me next week. ... They call every week, regardless.
I have the beginnings of an “NSA” themed one in my head.
Said agency will likely have my hide for it, but it’ll be hysterical.
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