Posted on 07/05/2012 9:08:55 AM PDT by yorkie
Thousands of PCs worldwide may be unable to access the Internet beginning July 9 unless those machines are rid of the pernicious DNSChanger malware that first surfaced in 2007. The Federal Bureau of Investigation helped shut down the criminal ring responsible for DNSChanger in late 2011. The federal agency then briefly handled the Internet Domain Name System routing for all infected Mac and Windows systems.
(Excerpt) Read more at pcworld.com ...
What? That's impossible.
Internet providers and software designers have had 5 years to update definitions but haven't?
I don't believe it.
It explains why, in the article, Ben. This is really nasty. It was also reported on FOX this morning.
Well I haven’t been able to get on the internet since that y2k thing.
I went to the site to check my computer and they did not have anything for my junk Vista.
If this happens, and you decide you can’t clean/fix your computer but still want to get to Free Republic despite the Slavic and Gypsy hackers reading all your data, add the addresses 209.157.64.200 and 209.157.64.201 to your HOSTs file (found on Windows machines in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc). Be sure NOT to put a .txt or other file extension on this file.
;-)
Ping
Here is the link to click (for Malware check) from My Fox Phoenix - that was reported this morning.....
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/17290699/seen-on-tv
I was knocked off tuesday, but not by malware...
tornado, hail, rain and power outage is what got me..
can that be considered malware?
Well, it looks like you got through it (hopefully safely)
Incredible
Internet providers and software designers have had 5 years to update definitions but haven't?
I don't believe it.
This malware actually redirects DNS. This isn't something that's avoidable if you're infected. It means that you're using bad DNS to get your addresses, even if it looks legit on the surface.
Most likely, unless someone got a hard copy of an anti-virus program or virus definitions, they'd never get legitimate fixes from the major AV providers.
To manually check Vista go to command prompt (it’s in accessories) and enter exactly ipconfig /all.
Chck if your DNS lists one of the bad ones.
The bad DNS’s are listed at the bottom of this page: http://www.dcwg.org/detect/checking-windows-7-for-infections/
This virus has already hit my husband’s home and business (at our home) computers. Yesterday my IPAD kept disconnecting from our wireless because of the problems my husband was having on his main computer. He knows about this virus, but has not told me what he is going to do about it.
Since they also own the companies that provide anti-virus software and "fixes" for the attacks, why should they? They create the virus then sell you a remedy. Do we really think that all that crap comes from acne blotched malcontents working in their moms' basements?
Bookmark
Don't worry about it. Besides FR, there are few places worth visiting. Mainly lots of freely accessible pornography.
BTW, are you logged in?
Can I catch the virus if I’m not logged in? I’m pretty sure I’m not.
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