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Google Warns Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July by infogenius(m): 11:08pm On May 25, 2012
Here is an information I ran in today and I feel obliged to share.Read along

WASHINGTON – Google plans to warn more than half a million users of a computer infection that may knock their computers off the Internet 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 will be shut down July 9 -- killing connections for those people.

The FBI has run an impressive campaign for months, encouraging people to visit a website 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.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/25/google-warns-hundreds-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july/?test=latestnews#ixzz1vvDHvexZ
Re: Google Warns Hundreds Of Thousands May Lose Internet In July by Maleeq(m): 11:59am On May 26, 2012
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