Malware Monday: About 47000 Americans Affected by Internet Threat

Malware Monday looms, but can be averted - (Miami Herald) Computer geeks and federal agents have a warning for the public this weekend: Don't wake up Monday with a case of the Malware Blues.(Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) – Servers kept in operation by the FBI to safeguard computer systems infected with a malware virus known as 'DNSChanger' were taken offline at 12:01 AM on Monday, according to a reportFor the thousands of Canadians and others worldwide unable to access the Internet from their malware-infected personal computers, there's a simple fix.MORE than half a million computer systems in the world may have been affected malware, also known as malicious software, in what has been dubbed Malware Monday internationally. According to an international internet crime report published in 2011,Tens of thousands of U.S. computer users woke up this morning without

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