[net-gold] COMPUTER MALWARE AND SPYWARE: Malware May Knock Thousands off Internet Monday
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- Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 07:44:32 -0400 (EDT)
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COMPUTER MALWARE AND SPYWARE:
Malware May Knock Thousands off Internet Monday
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Malware May Knock Thousands off Internet Monday
The FBI plans to shut down the Internet servers set up as a temporary
safety net to keep infected computers online
By Lolita C. Baldor
Sunday, Jul 8, 2012
Updated 3:29 PM CDT
Television Channel 5 NBC Chicago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/tech/
Malware-May-Knock-Thousands-off-Internet-Monday-161726195.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/d3xbqjp
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Thousands of people around the country whose computers were infected with
malicious software more than a year ago faced the possibility of not being
able to get online after midnight EDT.
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At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the FBI planned to shut down the Internet servers set
up as a temporary safety net to keep infected computers online for the
past eight months. The court order the agency obtained to keep the servers
running expired, and it was not renewed.
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The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising
scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the
world. When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year,
agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used
to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet
service.
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In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up the safety net. The bureau
brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take
over for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose
their Internet.
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The FBI arranged for a private company to run a website as a place where
computer users could go to see if their computer was infected and find
links to other computer security business sites where they could find
fixes for the problem.
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From the onset, most victims didn't even know their computers were
infected, although the malicious software probably has slowed their web
surfing and disabled their antivirus software, making their machines more
vulnerable to other problems.
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Many computer users don't understand the complex machines they use every
day to send email, shop, and cruise for information. The cyberworld of
viruses, malware, bank fraud and Internet scams is often distant and
confusing, and warning messages may go unseen or unheeded.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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