FBI to disconnect Internet users

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Submitted by R3d Jack on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @10:18AM

R3d Jack writes "Not really, but that's what another software engineer was telling me today. If people did not go to a U.S. government sponsered Web site and have their computers scanned, the FBI would "disconnect" them in July. The article tells the whole story, but the FBI actually is helping ordinary people out for once by replacing servers run by scammers with legitimate ones, at least temporarily. The G-Men realized that all the victims (500,000 plus) would lose DNS service if they just yanked the rogue servers. The Feds also teamed up with a private company that will scan your PC for the infection and provide information on how to remediate it. I think I'll pass on the scan, thank you..."
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