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Internet providers bracing for calls about malware

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Internet providers are bracing for problems today.

Thousands of people around the country whose computers were infected with malicious software more than a year ago face the possibility of not being able to get online.

Internet users scanning their Twitter feeds or Facebook accounts Sunday were encouraged to add one more quick click to check their computer for malware.

After midnight EDT, the FBI began shutting down the Internet servers that were set up as a temporary safety net to keep infected computers online for the past eight months. The court order the agency obtained to keep the servers running expired, and it was not renewed.

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