According to the AP, international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of computers around the world. In 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 close to being shut down.
If you go to http://www.dcwg.org, you can find out if you’re infected and how to fix the problem. Do it soon because after July 9, infected users won’t be able to connect to the Internet.
You can read more about it here.
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FYI: The link provided in your article: http://www.dcwg.org does not function.
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What alternatives are available for folks to determine if their pc’s are infected and/or how to cure the problem?
Looks like there’s something going on on their end. Try this: http://www.dcwg.org/detect/
Thanks – worked like a charm.