sorry hun, i dont understand what this is? x

Hven't heard about it. Guess I'll try to google it later. What's it about?

Evidently..some time ago..The FBI discovered this...put into place a temporary fix, that they're " unplugging" on Monday.

" malware"... as in computer virus...
If you search " Mondays malware attack"... it will give you multiple sites about it..
Find the one that has FBI address to find out if you're infected and how to fix.

I'm sorry..I'm not very computer literate..or I could explain this better.

It's a very real threat...Google and facebook have posted warnings..and it's been on news.

Thanks. It was this past Monday I guess...i thought it was next Monday at first.

Here is the link to the article.

http://news.yahoo.com/malware-may-knock-thousands-off-internet-monday-063924510--finance.html

I did it and I was fine. Of course, it was not attacking Macs, although I am in Canada, so I wanted to check it out.

Sis..where did you get that info?
The other site ways it's coming up?

Thanks to Angela for posting that link..y'all know me..I can't do a damn thing on this notebook..:-)

Thanks for the heads up JC......
N Thank you Angela for posting the link.....
Really appreciated..... Hugs...

Always good to have the heads up... thanks!

Please be very careful what you *click on* no matter what site you go to... these butt heads are horrible... often times its a set up and THEY are the culprit. I am weary of checking this out because I haven't heard about this yet.

I know there are safe ways to check this out --- I will ask either my DH or 22 year old son ... they know aaallllll Jk...lol

Oh and I can personally say this can happen anytime... :( ;( I clicked on something posing as something "safe" and it gave me the worst virus we have had. I LOST EVERYTHING... All my writing... stuff I wrote after my dad died... basically EVERYTHING I HAD SAVED about EVERYTHING...book marks etc etc... I am STILL upset about this....;(

Please be careful friends!

That's why I said you can Google it..
Yep..you can be attacked by someone posing as help..

Google and facebook have put up warnings about this ..and it's been on the news.

I'm clueless...my DH is checking it out for me.

Hugs..

It is real. But never ever click on any "help" offered over the net. Check with a trusted specalist who knows where to go for this stuff.

By the way, your computer takes check points constantly. You can do a safe boot back to a checkpoint and back up your disk before you lose everything.

Good point, Suunyb..

The original problem goes as far back as a year....
So...if you go that route...research this, and make sure you go back far enough.
They're also recommending backing up important data.

Thanks Jan! I did a check. What is disturbing is that this virus can disrupt your anti virus protection. I got green when I checked. When I went to FBI site it wanted my IP # and I just kind of didn't want to do that. So I imagine I am okay. The FBI site was to check on ISP or service. Ours is AT&T. They better be good.

Hugs to all
Stay green

I wen to site that mentioned FBI in link and a window popped up to make a purchase if I wanted the info.

Here is the site with instructions for Windows 7:

http://www.dcwg.org/detect/checking-windows-7-for-infections/

This is confusing if you don't know what you're doing.