[97391] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Jun 13 15:40:08 2007
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:39:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: Brandon Butterworth <brandon@rd.bbc.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200706131919.UAA05927@sunf10.rd.bbc.co.uk>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Brandon Butterworth wrote:
>> The fine people at the FBI are recommending people call their ISP for
>> home computer technical support, even though most ISPs don't sell
>> home computers, operating system software or application software.
>
> Sounds like an opportunity, someone will want to buy that custom
I found it amusing the FBI saying "don't call us (either)."
AT&T: Support+ $99 for virus/spyware issues 1-866-294-3464
Best Buy: Geek Squad $99 to $349 1-800-GEEK-SQUAD (1-800-433-5778)
Circuit City: Firedog $79 to $159 1-800-FIRE-DOG (1-800-347-3364)
Microsoft PC security: No Charge for virus issues 1-866-PC-SAFETY
>> BTW, 1 million compromised computers is probably a low estimate.
>
> 100 aware users is probably a high estimate
If they are aware users, they probably don't have the problem.
