WASHINGTON (AP) -- For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.

Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system is to be shut down.

How can a potential customer or prospect really take you serious when your email account does not really reflect your real company?

You are at a trade show or networking event, you meet a prospective client. They are very impressed with your product and service offering and ask to get your business card. You are happy to oblige and excited for the opportunity. Unfortunately, you lose credibility when your prospect sees your email address is a free one provided by the likes of Yahoo and Gmail or an Internet service provider such as Comcast or AOL.

More than 60 percent of Americans find information about their health online before they decide whether or not to see a doctor. Perhaps even more disturbing, a 2011 survey from Wolters Kluwer Health found that almost half of doctors use Google, Yahoo, and other general search engines to diagnose, treat, and care for their patients.

Why this reliance on the Internet for health information? It all has to do with easy access. Patients worry about being sick, while doctors worry about time constraints and being able to provide quick answers.

Stories have come out recently about how fake companies are posting ads with Google, paying big money to get top billing. These sites look legitimate and are extremely similar to real sites. They offer discounts, take your money and then send you counterfeit products or nothing at all.

Last November, the FBI arrested six Estonian nationals and shut down their DNSChanger operation. This cyber criminal ring had infected about 4 million machines with malware worldwide, about half a million of them in the United States. FBI caught 'em. End of story, right? Well, not entirely.

LG had the privilege of kicking off Monday’s marathon of press conferences at this year’s Consumer Electronics show.

LG is known as a manufacturer of smartphones, televisions, washing machines, refrigerators and other appliances, and the company took pains to make announcements that covered a variety of its products.

When researchers set out to test the effectiveness of two different behavioral weight-loss interventions, they thought the one involving face-to-face contact would yield better results. After all, don’t dieters need support and encouragement?

One in three college grads said that access to social media sites like Facebook and the ability to choose their own devices was more important to them than salary when considering a job offer. This according to a study of 2,800 college students and young professionals worldwide conducted by Cisco. More than 40% went so far as to say that they would accept less money for a job that was down with social media at work on a device of their choosing if it also included telework.

Social network sites may be changing people's brains as well as their social life, research suggests.

Brain scans show a direct link between the number of Facebook friends a person has and the size of certain parts of their brain.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police say a Louisville man who stole a laptop made a critical error: he signed on to his Facebook page while the victim was monitoring the laptop remotely.