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[url="http://www.azfamily.com/news/consumer/Half-million-to-lose-Internet-access-in-coming-weeks-140048693.html"]http://www.azfamily....-140048693.html[/url]

Gotta love hackers.

[url="http://www.dcwg.org/"]http://www.dcwg.org/[/url]

Use above link to check if you're computer is ok.

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[u][b]UPDATE:[/b][/u]
[i]Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012[/i]

The FBI has asked for an extension of the court order keeping Internet users online. The request would keep the substitute servers working until [size=6][b]July 9[/b][/size] to give victims more time to disinfect computers.[/quote]

Thanks for the heads-up, Composer.

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[quote name='Dwarven King' timestamp='1335140141' post='5922881']
I don't get it. :<
[/quote]basically, they made your computer use a different server(their server) to send you to sites instead of the normal ones. So when it got busted any computer using those servers would lose all internet access. So they made a new server for those affected so that those who were affected could find out and fix their computers, before the new safe servers were taken down.

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[quote name='TheComposer' timestamp='1335160699' post='5923142']
basically, they made your computer use a different server(their server) to send you to sites instead of the normal ones. So when it got busted any computer using those servers would lose all internet access. So they made a new server for those affected so that those who were affected could find out and fix their computers, before the new safe servers were taken down.
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...I don't get it. :<

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