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turtlerescue1

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18. Omaha Steve, THANKYOU!!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 10:28 AM

Jul 2012

I am certainly not close to being a puter geek, so am a great target. AND in the past yeah, had something that did a real nasty thing to my puter, the fear just never leaves after that.

Thanks again, went there, did the thing, and came out green.

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Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2012 OP

Does this mean that if you have been hacked goclark Jul 2012 #1

Why do people sulphurdunn Jul 2012 #2

For the same reason a dog licks his genitals. TahitiNut Jul 2012 #10

A big waste of time, and... Amonester Jul 2012 #21

This one was part of a credit card theft ring. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #33

Maybe they will learn proper security procedures from this. hobbit709 Jul 2012 #3

Rove Digital ? Dalai_1 Jul 2012 #4

If you are coming up with a strange site when you click on the link above, you maybe infected. fasttense Jul 2012 #12

thanks! hedgehog Jul 2012 #5

Post removed Post removed Jul 2012 #6

Here's the story from the Washington Post Maeve Jul 2012 #8

Did a malware search yesterday permatex Jul 2012 #7

Norton detects DNS Changer as Zlob or Tidserv. Ian David Jul 2012 #9

1996 called, they want their anti-virus back FreeBC Jul 2012 #29

Here is something from the FBI's website... Ian David Jul 2012 #11

Question, will my Mac be involved?? a kennedy Jul 2012 #13

Unlikely, of course, but here are instructions to check. onehandle Jul 2012 #14

Thank you..... a kennedy Jul 2012 #16

Me, too! Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #39

Go to the following address to check if your ok Sgent Jul 2012 #15

Thank you for the link. RebelOne Jul 2012 #35

thanks. now i need to check my computers at home. eom ellenfl Jul 2012 #36

thank you,great information n/t Dalai_1 Jul 2012 #17

Omaha Steve, THANKYOU!! turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #18

Or not. nt Javaman Jul 2012 #19

DU at its finest. trumad Jul 2012 #20

Is there a test for Android phones? UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #22

Interesting thought. Sentath Jul 2012 #23

Thanks. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #25

says i'm clean oldhippydude Jul 2012 #27

Uh oh. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #31

Thanks. myrna minx Jul 2012 #24

Posted to ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #26

Doing the same... nt blaze Jul 2012 #37

Thanks for the heads-up. Kicked for the mid-morning crowd - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #28

Install, update and run a quick scan with MalwareBytes FreeBC Jul 2012 #30

Thank you to FreeBC life long demo Jul 2012 #34

Real News: FBI has decided it has farmed all the info it needs from infected computers. L0oniX Jul 2012 #32

I'm safe Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #38

Kicking for the evening crowd blaze Jul 2012 #40

K&R felix_numinous Jul 2012 #41