DNSChanger virus

[eltony]

> The online community is buzzing over a malware virus called DNSChanger, which threatens to lock out tens of thousands of people from Internet access on July 9\. It may also search out private information.
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> The nasty bug was unleashed approximately five years ago by cybercriminals in Estonia, according to CMIT Solutions.
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> The problem was so concerning that the FBI responded by running a computer intervention. (Click here to read more from the FBI on the DNSChanger malware.)
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> Getting the message out to millions of Internet proved harder than expected for the FBI, so the agency elected to keep the servers online a bit longer.
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> Despite several delays, the FBI said it will pull the plug Monday,  so now’s the time to run a check, or risk the chance of waking up Monday without internet service (gasp!).
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> FBI data estimates as many as 277,000 computers are infected worldwide, according to a Huffington Post report. About 64,000 of those machines are likely in the United States.
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> To find out if your computer will still be connected on Monday, visit FBI-approved www.dns-ok.us for a simple online test that will tell you if you're good to go.

lol supposedly the servers that kept the virus away from pc's was shut off.
do you guys believe if this is true?

[Joyce]

I think it's just another hoax to keep people scared of nothing really.

Like the Swine Flu not too long ago, more people die of a regular flu every year than they did of that. -_-

[Joost]

You provide no source and the only link in your article doesn't work. For all I know, you came up with this crap yourself.

Link now does work, refers to a crappy page that doesnt do anything, probably fake.

[Joyce]

It's an actual thing, but nobody here in Europe gives a crap or has taken note of it.

[Joost]

if you check the source code for the webpage you can see it's not checking for a virus, its just a picture with some text. site-part at least is completely pointless

nvm it actually does work

[aaaron]

It's real. Buddy of mine had a red flag and now he has no internet connection what so ever. He didn't do anything about it, since he's getting a new one.

@Joyce:

> It's an actual thing, but nobody here in Europe gives a crap or has taken note of it.

I think it's only in the US, since the FBI is the only thing talking about it?

[Justn]

Just saw this on the news and knew there would be a topic here.. they said only 304,000 computers of 1.6 billion  will be affected :) not really that many

[Fogger]

@Justn:

> Just saw this on the news and knew there would be a topic here.. they said only 304,000 computers of 1.6 billion  will be affected :) not really that many

And only about 60K or so in the U.S.
Its funny how they made a big deal about it in the news too like it was going to be the end of the internet xD The mainstream media here is ridiculous!

[Marsh]

It is definitely a real thing
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/DNS-changer-malware.pdf

It is just blown out of proportion as almost everything in the news.