Malware warning issued to Internet users by local officials

Los Angeles : CA : USA | Jul 09, 2012 at 7:51 AM PDT

Source: Los Angeles Times

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The threat stems from a temporary fix the FBI used to combat a malware problem that affected more than 4 million computers worldwide. When the FBI went in to shut down the online-advertising scam that caused the malware issues, officials realized that turning off the bad servers would cause infected... FULL ARTICLE AT Los Angeles Times

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