You don't need a Handyman, you need some guy who isn't gonna ask a bunch of dumb questions. A guy who knows what buttons to push on the remote. A guy who knows all the passwords and hacks to get the internet working on your computer again. A Know-it-all you can turn off when you're tired of his male-ness. Well now you have me.
On April 3rd I was informed that our company website and associated email was down, and after a little digging found out that our host, Register.com, had been hit by a vicious DDOS attack. This attack on Register.com coincided with the well publicized spread of the Conficker worm, so I naturally assumed it was involved somehow. I proceeded to investigate Conficker by googling it, but in doing my research I may have exposed my computer to another form of attack.
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