Will Your Internet be Shut Off in July?

Polkersince85
Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
edited April 2012 in Electronics
The DNS changer malware group that was busted last Nov. infected a lot of computers. The FBI has been running a server to intercept infected machines but this will end in July. If your computer is infected, you will not be able to get on the internet according to reports. You'll just get a page not found error.

You can go here to get a quick check: http://www.dcwg.org/detect/

Here's some background on the issue. This has been in the news reports in the last few days. http://www.dcwg.org/

As always, keep your protection up to date.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited April 2012
    Hmmmm . . . that site doesn't load
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  • PreCd
    PreCd Posts: 786
    edited April 2012
    This is a good post and the article was informative as well. I read this yesterday and hopefully some others did also. I have run into variants of this at work on machines and it is nasty. The variant we had shuts down any virus software and we could not use Malwarebytes. Even trying to go install a fresh copy is thwarted. Really the only safe way to get it out is format and reinstall your operating system. I even tried AVGs Rescue Disk on the virus to no avail. And that is basically one of the last stands. AVGs Rescue Disk boots Linux which is supposed to see all files on your PC. Good software. I did manage to remove our variant by booting in safemode and running Malwarebytes and then the virus software. But still I did not trust the operating system.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited April 2012
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    Some kind of malware invaded my big rig last night. I thought I'd lost everything !!!!. My daughter came over and checked it out and assured me all my files are still there. She is taking it to her shop Monday for repairs. I'm using this crappy mini-laptop for a back-up. I will only make one comment on people that do things like this to other people..... SCUMBAGS.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited April 2012
    Not mine.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2012
    Is this just me, but I call it BS.

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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited April 2012
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    Is this just me, but I call it BS.
    This is well documented... care to elaborate?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2012
    The Sky's falling....


    Be serious, I'm sure the Gov. can kill internet with a switch... I sure if it dies July they don't wish to show us what going on....

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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited April 2012
    Well, if you're not affected, then you really won't care. I look at the OP's post as a PSA.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited April 2012
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    The Sky's falling....


    Be serious, I'm sure the Gov. can kill internet with a switch... I sure if it dies July they don't wish to show us what going on....

    The malware redirects your request to their servers. After the FBI busted the group, they set up a server to intercept the infected requests. The FBI server will be removed from the system in July. When the infected requests go online, it won't find the server and therefore get the page not found. This is not a joke.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2012
    Is it the FBI wishes to get more cash from the Government? So in the end they are calling fox?

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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited April 2012
    Huh:question: Never mind...
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited April 2012
    My 1gbps fiber is safe and secure.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

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  • WilliamM2
    WilliamM2 Posts: 4,776
    edited April 2012
    Lasareath wrote: »
    What I usually do is remove the Hard Drive.

    Go to another PC that has MalwareBytes & MSE with all current updates and I connect a Blacx dock and insert the Hard Drive and do full scans. Past 10 times I did this I was able to clean the connected Hard Drive 8 times. Two were infected way too long.

    This a great tool that eliminates the need to remove the hard drive. It boots to CD, even updates to the latest definitions, and then scans. We've been using it with great success for months, it's worked every time so far. Does take an hour or two though.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/what-is-windows-defender-offline
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  • VanR
    VanR Posts: 11
    edited April 2012
    Oh the joys of running Linux!
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited April 2012
    https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,171
    edited April 2012
    ^^^ kind of ironic I can't connect to your link. "server not found"

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