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    • Kill doomsday virus before it cuts your net

      If you can't log onto the internet starting tonight, well, that's probably because today is what many are calling "Internet Doomsday". As a result of US authorities shutting down a hacking scam last November, more than a quarter-million computers around the world are at risk of losing internet access today, reports CNBC-TV18's Ashwin Raghunath.

    • 'Internet Doomsday' virus fizzles, web traffic flows

      Fears that a computer virus might cut Internet access around the world appeared to be overblown on Monday after U.S. authorities removed a safety net that had protected infected machines for months.

    • Virus could black out nearly 250,000 PCs

      About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the heart of a hacking scam that US authorities shut down last November.

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