There was an article in my local newspaper this morning from the Associated Press about a widespread virus that was discovered last November when the FBI and others took down an international hacker ring.
http://www.registerguard.com/web/bu...puters-internet-infected-servers-fbi.html.csp
If they had just removed the rogue servers, hundreds of thousands of individual users would be unable to connect to the internet, so they have been using government computers as a safety net, but that will end in July. If you're infected and you haven't fixed it by then, you'll lose your internet connection. A website has been set up so folks can check to see if they're infected and fix it if they are. Depending on your country, you'll be routed to the right language and region
http://www.dcwg.org/
http://www.registerguard.com/web/bu...puters-internet-infected-servers-fbi.html.csp
If they had just removed the rogue servers, hundreds of thousands of individual users would be unable to connect to the internet, so they have been using government computers as a safety net, but that will end in July. If you're infected and you haven't fixed it by then, you'll lose your internet connection. A website has been set up so folks can check to see if they're infected and fix it if they are. Depending on your country, you'll be routed to the right language and region
http://www.dcwg.org/