Hundreds of thousands may lose access to the internet by July as a result of hackers' advertising sc

[Jazzy]

Hundreds of thousands of people could lose access to the internet by July following a hackers' scam - and they don't even know it.



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.



Now, the FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner 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.



Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1shJw3Q5T

 

[DrLeftover]

My system appears to be clean.



But I have a firewall, virus/ap scanner, and so on, that actually run, and I don't click on ads and links in spam emails to see what they have, and I have NEVER run any game or ap no matter how 'highly recommended' by anybody on MyGFaceWebSpacePlusBook.

 

[Jazzy]

I'm clean!



Your computer appears to be looking up IP addresses correctly!

 

[Evil Eye]

My system appears to be clean.

Same here, but I'm rather curious to know how it knows that...