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[The Jester]

Hi how is everyone doing .. I just dropped bye to say hello ... Normally just help a friend post on here.

nice to meet you Safariduck- there's plenty to enjoy here and no shortage of quackpotz- welcome to the jungle

[Karl Stiel]

Mornin,

Welcome Safariduck

[heartgirl99]

morning, qt's!

[heartgirl99]

1:49 am

"you can't always get what you want" - rolling stones

[heartgirl99]

4:15 am

"she's so cold" - rolling stones

[kawam]

Morning all. Looks like it's going to be another nice day today

[The Jester]

evening Q sters,
HAPPY PSUNDAY!
yesterday was my Dad's birthday, so spent most of the day with him. he did pretty well in the booze department. i gave him a bottle of port & red cabernet sauvignon, mom gave him a bottle of red shiraz & my sister also gave him a bottle of port. my 2 brothers hadn't been by yet, so he may have gotten some more, not that he drinks alot or the rest of the family either, but we have been known to have an afternoon cocktail or 2.
today i was busy with trying to finish the lattice work. almost got it done till i ran out of screws. i have 1 more panel to put up & 16 screws in 1 i have put up. will have to get some more tomorrow to finish before back to work on tuesday.

have fun on you vacation Attitash. it's not suppose to be as "humid" as last week, but it wasn't here.

welcome back Mc Skier. sounds like a great time except for the heat exhaustion. hope you have recovered.

did i mention this week has been great. a little more heat this weekend would have been nice.

What to do when you run out of screws??????? Its not like a broken tool when you would have to resort to borrowing a friends or heaven forbid - doing it by hand!

[attitash]

Good Monday morning...perfect temps last night for sleeping with the windows open! Off to the golf course.

[attitash]

No problems here


Lights on an Internet switch are lit up as with users in an office in Ottawa, on February 10, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Malware could block Internet connections for 9,000 Canadian-owned computers

LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press Jul 09, 2012 05:43:37 AM
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MONTREAL, Que. - About 9,000 Canadian-owned computers could be infected and lose access to websites, email and social networking on Monday when the FBI shuts down temporary servers used to stop a scam, experts say.
Overall some 300,000 computers, most of them in the United States, Italy and India, could be infected and lose their Internet service, Queen's University associate professor Thomas Dean said Friday.
"The computer will start up, but when you try to use your mail or try to use your browser, you are going to get some kind of error message," Dean said from Kingston, Ont.
Warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google and Dean said that initially about four million computers were infected globally.
The FBI took down hackers last fall in an online advertising scam and had clean servers installed to take over from the malicious servers so that people wouldn't lose their Internet service right away, but the replacements are being turned off on Monday.
Dean said Canadians can go to www.dcwg.org to check if their computers are infected and take appropriate measures. He said Canadians may also have to check routers to see if they have been affected, too, and reset them.
"We've got roughly 9,000 computers that still appear to be infected," he said about the Canadian situation.
If computers have been infected due to the scam, they haven't been able to perform anti-virus software or system updates, leaving them vulnerable to other malware, said Dean, who teaches in Queen's University's department of electrical and computer engineering.
The DNSChanger Trojan malware program at issue was created to redirect Internet traffic and hijack online searches.
Symantec's Dean Turner said Eastern European and Russian hackers generated a profit of $14 million by setting up rogue servers and getting paid for driving traffic to malicious websites, and for also putting fake ads on top of real ads on legitimate websites.
"It was basically click fraud — hijacked searches," said Turner, director of global intelligence for Symantec, a software security company.
While Turner said it's difficult to predict how many infected computers would be in Canada, he said 9,000 wouldn't be "out of whack."
On Monday, infected computers will get message saying "Cannot find this website," he said from Calgary.
"It would block all access to the Internet."
McAfee's Robert Siciliano said computer users who have no access on Monday may wrongly assume that their Internet service provider is having problems and flood them with calls.
"It will ultimately be a nightmare for customer service," said Siciliano, who specializes in online security at McAfee, another anti-malware security company.
ISPs may have to bring in tech support if they're inundated with calls, he said.
Bell (TSX:BCE) said it has been contacting customers by phone and email for some time about the potential problem.
The telecom company also has a webpage (http://www.bell.ca/malware) that explains the problem and directs consumers to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority's online diagnosing tool (www.dns-ok.ca).

[ROMEO]

Monday Already ? Have a Wonderful week Q'sters !

[NatureBug]

Good Morning! I was just wondering why the weekends are going way too quick! Now I have to count down all over again.

[Wallie]

Good Morning Q sters

[tad01]

Good Monday morning...perfect temps last night for sleeping with the windows open! Off to the golf course.

Good morning Q folks.

I'm off to the golf course this morning too. Every Monday should start like this!

[WolfDio]

Hi how is everyone doing .. I just dropped bye to say hello ... Normally just help a friend post on here.

Welcome Aboard, Safariduck!!!!
Glad to see that you Decided to Help yourself and Join.

Have Fun!!!!

[hmjm61]

Good morning!