FBI came to my apartment and asked me about a computer virus, what does that mean?

Question

They came and knocked on my door and told me that a virus called b-bot was being sent and my email address was on a list. It seemed weird that they came to my house when viruses are spread throughout 1000's of computers. I don't know seems weird

Answer 1

It's either what the first poster said or they suspect you may be the creator of the virus.

Answer 2

You might have a trojan on your PC and it is using your computer to send out the virus.

Answer 3

Your friends are playing a trick on you.

The FBI does not care about you or your email.

Answer 4

Means one of the two things. 1.) your friends are playing a big prank on you to scare you or 2.) the FBI actually did find evidence that you did send a virus its that simple

Answer 5

Did they flash a badge, Any FBI agent will flash a badge, Here is a how a FBI badge looks like, if they flashed this badge then call your lawyer, if not call your friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FBI_B...

And remember, you have the right to remain silent or punch your friend in the face, ha ha ...

Answer 6

I like all the above answers, but it's possible your computer was hacked and sending out a virus or zillions (that's a lot!) of emails with virus code attached.

Good luck!! Having just cleaned out a sypware ridden computer, it sure can be frustrating. (SuperSpyware.com - worked great for my infected PC!! - free and real.)

FBI - Really! Pretty amazing..  

Answer 7

Either it was fake or they suspect you of starting it.

But if you didn't then there's no need to worry.

Answer 8

One time Comcast called me to tell me that my computer was trying to take down AT&Ts website (along with tons of other computers of course).  Maybe the virus on your computer was making it do something to the FBI's computers.

Answer 9

i know what it means: you know when you buy a pack of cards and you have the 2 extra cards called JOKERS thats you!! lmaooooooooo

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but seriously you could be infected by a virus and added to a bot net. Eventually your e-mail address will be black listed and you could end up with an internet ban or be black listed yourself.