FBI is warning Americans

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Overkill

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April 21, 2012 The FBI is warning Americans that hundreds of thousands computers may unknowingly be infected with the DNSChanger virus, caused by a massive Internet fraud scheme. Web users could lose their ability to connect to the Internet in July. The FBI is recommending that computer owners run a simple diagnosis to determine if their machine is affected, and if so the malware can be removed before the July 9 deadline.

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Prorootect

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- But no problems, if you pick the vacation time in July? ..

Without electricity, on exotic island maybe?..

- So FBI should instead recommend to the Americans to go far from civilization in the summer .. NOT? See the world of positive side instead.

I think I think
 

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Operation Ghost Click DNS servers will shut down on July 9, and Americans will be on their own.
 

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Geeze, people in the States will have to watch out for this.
 

Overkill

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Another link explaining this a bit more
http://goo.gl/v8BT8
 
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