ebabestreasures
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posted on July 7, 2012 03:28:42 PM new
Has anyone checked out the site Fox News recommends to see if you will be shut down on Monday?
I think it's DCWG.org.
Darn why do I think everything is trick??
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jtomp
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posted on July 7, 2012 06:05:50 PM new
This is legitimate and worth checking, although if you have a Mac they say you are safe.
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pmelcher
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posted on July 7, 2012 06:44:41 PM new
had not heard that one, a little more info please and thank you
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ebabestreasures
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posted on July 7, 2012 07:20:08 PM new
It's been on the news. Google it and you can see what they say.
Fox News says it's something that the FBI plans on doing Monday. Older computer are the biggest concern but I don't think others are exempt if you have not updated your protection in the last year or download something to infect your computer.
Hey I'm no computer geek but this sounds as if it could be serious.
[ edited by ebabestreasures on Jul 7, 2012 07:30 PM ]
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jtomp
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posted on July 7, 2012 09:17:05 PM new
Very easy to check. Go to DCWG.org click on English on the chart and you get an almost instant answer. Green means you are not infected. Best of luck. I checked my computer a month or so ago and got the green signal. Checked it again tonight just in case and got green again. Lucky me!!
Jane
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ebabestreasures
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posted on July 8, 2012 01:58:38 AM new
I just checked my computer and I appear to be OK.
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niel35
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posted on July 8, 2012 07:29:22 AM new
You can check here - if it is green you are not infected. Red and you are
IF YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET TODAY, BEFORE YOU SIGN OFF YOUR COMPUTER TONIGHT, I RECOMMEND YOU CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO ENSURE YOUR COMPUTER IS "CLEAN".
http://dns-ok.de/
I got this from my computer guru
[ edited by niel35 on Jul 8, 2012 07:30 AM ]
[ edited by niel35 on Jul 8, 2012 07:32 AM ]
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pmelcher
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posted on July 9, 2012 06:33:51 AM new
Checked it last night, everything O.K. Thanks to everyone for the help. Alive and well on the internet!
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alldings
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posted on July 9, 2012 07:41:49 AM new
0f the 4 million or so computers infected with this malware all were cleaned except 63000. The media focus was a warning to that remaining number. I found it interesting, but not unexpected that despite the effort these same 63000 are still infected today.
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amber
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posted on July 9, 2012 08:19:22 AM new
I saw on Canadian news that the FBI are maybe shutting down some servers to prevent the spread. So if your computer goes down, that could be the problem rather than the virus.
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amber
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posted on July 9, 2012 08:42:34 AM new
I am surprised that there are no eBay announcements, this could really disrupt things.
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alldings
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posted on July 9, 2012 11:28:15 AM new
Shutting down and cleaning a server would only take a few mil-seconds we users won't even know it happened.
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