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Argonath RPG Community => Speakerbox => World and local news => Topic started by: EliteTerm on April 22, 2012, 08:26:51 am

Title: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: EliteTerm on April 22, 2012, 08:26:51 am: "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.

The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security partner, http://www.dcwg.org (http://www.dcwg.org) , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix the problem. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet."

http://www.kpho.com/story/17613582/hundreds-of-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july (http://www.kpho.com/story/17613582/hundreds-of-thousands-may-lose-internet-in-july)
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: Exterminator on April 22, 2012, 12:48:36 pm: DNSchanger is around for a while now.

Almost all major avs are offering free removal tools for it, if someone loses connection he will probably call up his isp, who will guide him through removal..out of those 500000, probably about 10000 will be the ones actually without internet.
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: JDC on April 23, 2012, 10:35:10 am: Technology is indeed the greatest future for crime. :roll:

I'm confused, who will be shutting down the infected's internet access; FBI or the hackers?
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: Exterminator on April 23, 2012, 12:00:16 pm: Quote from: JDCdesigns on April 23, 2012, 10:35:10 am
Technology is indeed the greatest future for crime. :roll:

I'm confused, who will be shutting down the infected's internet access; FBI or the hackers?

Neither, the infected people should of lost internet months ago when the hackers running the virus were arrested.
The FBI set up temporary servers for almost half a year, to allow them to still connect to the internet and heal themselves. Now they need to close down the temporary servers, so when the DNS settings stop working the people's internet will stop working until restored.
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: Matt Murdock on April 23, 2012, 02:14:05 pm: What if this is a scam, on the name of FBI, to actually infect the computers now? :devroll:
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: Exterminator on April 23, 2012, 02:48:34 pm: Quote from: Matt Murdock on April 23, 2012, 02:14:05 pm
What if this is a scam, on the name of FBI, to actually infect the computers now? :devroll:

Eh...no?
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: Kostich on April 30, 2012, 06:32:52 pm: Quote from: Matt Murdock on April 23, 2012, 02:14:05 pm
What if this is a scam, on the name of FBI, to actually infect the computers now? :devroll:
Quote from: exterminator on April 23, 2012, 02:48:34 pm
Eh...no?
Who knows..Everything is possible.Tho i got green
Title: Re: 500,000+ users may lose internet due to infected computers
Post by: [NP]Monte Montague on May 01, 2012, 07:17:16 am: Down with the internet!
If you use the internet you'll be letting the 'terrorists' win!
That's what they used to say.