users may lose Internet in July

[V. Sasi Kumar]

Maybe good news for Free Software enthusiasts:

Over half a million users may lose Internet in July, including thousands
in India

Washington: For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the
difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this
summer.

Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers
ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers
around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety
net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet
disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut
down.

The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security
partner, http://www.dcwg.org , that will inform them whether they're
infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected
users won't be able to connect to the Internet.

See:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/over-half-a-million-users-may-lose-internet-in-july-including-thousands-in-india/250766-11.html

Best,
Sasi
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V. Sasi Kumar
Free Software Foundation of India
http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

[Anush Anil kumar]

There is no need for any one to visit their site.

any way there is no central node system for internet , its just inter connected network.

and there is no way my mac will be infected even my desktop which has Linux mint.

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[V. Sasi Kumar]

On Sun, 2012-04-22 at 17:03 +0530, Anush Anil kumar wrote:
> There is no need for any one to visit their site.

Of course, if you are a GNU/Linux or FreeBSD user, you may not have to
worry. But the whole point is that if this is true, it could encourage
many Windoze users to migrate, and we could make this an opportunity to
promote Free Software.

>
> any way there is no central node system for internet , its just inter
> connected network.

True, but a few infected machines could cause serious problems for many
users.

>
> and there is no way my mac will be infected even my desktop which has
> Linux mint.

I wouldn't be smug about any machine. Remember that hundreds of
thousands of Macs were infected recently, though I admit that I do not
know of a similar epidemic for GNU/Linux machines. But, let us remember
that, in principle, no machine is perfectly safe. Assuming that, let us
make this an opportunity to point out the serious flaws in the Windoze
system and see if we can get people to migrate. That was the whole point
of my posting the news here.

Regards,

[Anush Anil kumar]

Sure we can promote free software.But i dont think there will be an event like that.

ok

any way we will wait and see.

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[JeevZ]

I still dont  understand why this is a good news for free software. I hope none of member would lost their valuable data due to this things...

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