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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.


41 posted on 07/07/2012 6:26:37 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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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.)
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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)
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To: Innovative

Y2.1k ?


44 posted on 07/08/2012 6:12:29 AM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the StatistI)
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To: Innovative

Y2.1k ?


45 posted on 07/08/2012 6:12:45 AM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the StatistI)
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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!)
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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.)
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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)
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To: Innovative

I’m good. Just so everyone knows.


49 posted on 07/08/2012 3:31:10 PM PDT by ecomcon
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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?


50 posted on 07/08/2012 3:48:09 PM PDT by tsowellfan (http://www.cafenetamerica.com/)
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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.


51 posted on 07/08/2012 4:58:52 PM PDT by Innovative (None are so blind that will not see.)
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To: tsowellfan

Green means you are OK and will still have access to the internet tomorrow.


52 posted on 07/08/2012 5:00:27 PM PDT by Innovative (None are so blind that will not see.)
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To: tsowellfan

Green is good. You should be ok. If not, neither am I.


53 posted on 07/08/2012 5:01:11 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
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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?


54 posted on 07/08/2012 5:59:23 PM PDT by nutmeg (I'm with Sarah Palin: Anybody But Obama 2012)
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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)


55 posted on 07/08/2012 8:01:07 PM PDT by Innovative (None are so blind that will not see.)
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To: Innovative
Thank you! :-)

Green is good (except for the overzealous green agenda, but that’s another story)

LOL, I hear ya...

56 posted on 07/08/2012 8:24:00 PM PDT by nutmeg (I'm with Sarah Palin: Anybody But Obama 2012)
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To: Josephat

My thoughts exactly. Trusting the government is not high on my list.


57 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!)
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To: rfreedom4u

It’s Monday.
How can I tell if I have an internet connection?

(LOL)


58 posted on 07/09/2012 5:01:34 AM PDT by kinsman redeemer (The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
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To: Innovative

Step one: Check to see if you are logged in.


59 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)
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To: Innovative

Maybe they are waiting until 11:59 pm?


60 posted on 07/09/2012 4:49:38 PM PDT by Leep (Enemy of the StatistI)
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