Sorry if this has been posted before, but it's getting some play in the news today...
I believe the link at the end of this post is safe for checking your computer for the malware.
APP
LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
7/5/12
Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday
Quote:
WASHINGTON — The warnings about the Internet problem
have been splashed across Facebook and Google.
Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website.
But hundreds of thousands of people around the world may still
lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check
of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines
more than a year ago.
<snip>
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.
In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net.
They 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.
But that temporary system will be shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT Monday (0401 GMT), July 9.
<snip>
To check whether a computer is infected,
users can visit a website run by the group brought in by the FBI:
http://www.dcwg.org .
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