The FBI plans to shut down the many servers who have hi-jacked personal computers being used as 'botnets'. This has kept the source of spam out of sight for a long time though the man who masterminded it, Russian Georgiy Avanesov was found guilty of computer sabotage by an Armenian court. and will spend four years in prison for his crime. It is estimat4ed that 30 million computers were taken over and used by his servers.
If you have been unaware of this problem and you may be affected and not know it, check out your computer, click here. then follow the instructions. Assuming the instructions are accurate, my picture stayed green indicating I have not been taken over.
You may recall reading about the man's trial a couple of years ago.
India is called 'the spam capitol of the world' Police in India say they have arrested six foreign nationals suspected
of defrauding hundreds of people using text message and email scams. While Romney calls for fewer regulations by our government, he was instrumental in sourcing out to India where many jobs that should have been done in America by Americans now are answered half a world away. Have we helped reach people the skills to scam us? To read about India's laws which offer immunity to spammers, click here to read about India..
If you have been unaware of this problem and you may be affected and not know it, check out your computer, click here. then follow the instructions. Assuming the instructions are accurate, my picture stayed green indicating I have not been taken over.
You may recall reading about the man's trial a couple of years ago.
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