恶意软件可能在周一敲上千关闭互联网

本报讯 (美联社) - 关于互联网问题的警告已经被泼横跨Facebook和谷歌. 互联网服务供应商发出通知, 和联邦调查局成立了一个专门的网站.

美国人数以万计，但仍可能失去他们的互联网服务周一除非他们做一个快速检查自己的电脑是否存在恶意软件，可能已经接管了他们的机器在一年多前.

尽管一再提醒, 这可能被感染的计算机数量超过 277,000 全世界, 从上下左右 360,000 四月. 那些仍然被感染的, 美国联邦调查局认为，有关 64,000 在美国.

用户的电脑仍然感染周一将失去他们到网上去的能力, 他们将不得不调用他们的服务提供商寻求帮助删除恶意软件和重新连接到互联网.

The problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of more than 570,000 infected computers around the world. When the FBI went in to take down the hackers late last year, agents realized that if they turned off the malicious servers being used to control the computers, all the victims would lose their Internet service.

In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net. They brought in a private company to install two clean Internet servers to take over for the malicious servers so that people would not suddenly lose their Internet.

But that temporary system will be shut down at 12:01 上午. EDT Monday, 七月 9.

Most victims don’t even know their computers have been infected, 虽然恶意软件可能会有所减缓他们的网上冲浪和禁用他们的杀毒软件, 让他们的机器更容易受到其他问题.

但流行的社交网站和互联网服务提供商已经变得更为复杂, 深入到计算机用户发出警告的问题.

据汤姆·格拉索, 联邦调查局的监督特别代理人, 许多互联网服务供应商已经准备好问题，有计划，试图帮助他们的客户. 一些, 如Comcast公司, 已经达到了.

该公司发出了通知和信息发布在其网站上. 因为该公司可以告诉是否存在与客户的Internet服务器问题, 康卡斯特发送电子邮件, 信函或网上通知客户的电脑似乎会受到影响.

Grasso said other Internet providers may come up with technical solutions that they will put in place Monday that will either correct the problem or provide information to customers when they call to say their Internet isn’t working. If the Internet providers correct the server problem, the Internet will work, but the malware will remain on victims’ computers and could pose future problems.

In addition to individual computer owners, 关于 50 财富 500 companies are still infected, Grasso said.

Both Facebook and Google created their own warning messages that showed up if someone using either site appeared to have an infected computer. Facebook users would get a message that says, “Your computer or network might be infected,” along with a link that users can click for more information.

谷歌的用户得到了类似的消息, 在谷歌搜索结果页面的顶部显示. 它还提供了纠正问题的信息.

要检查计算机是否感染, 用户可以访问由联邦调查局带来了组运行一个网站: http://www.dcwg.org .

该网站包含指向推崇的商业网站，将在计算机上运行一个快速检查, 它也列出了详细的说明，如果用户想实际检查自己的电脑.

上了网:

• 要检查和清洁电脑: 銈://www.dcwg.org
• 康卡斯特警告: 銈://forums.comcast.com/t5/Security-and-Anti-Virus/DNS-Changer-Bot-FAQ/td-p/1215341
• 谷歌: 銈://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2012/05/notifying-users-affected-by-dnschanger.html
• 注册Facebook！: 銈://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-security/notifying-dnschanger-victims/10150833689760766

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