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Will the FBI Shut Down Your Internet on Monday?
Fox News ^ | July 6, 2012 | Fox and Friends Posted in: Clayton Morris, FBI, Internet

Posted on 07/06/2012 6:24:36 PM PDT by Slambat

It’s three days and counting before the deadline by the FBI hits in which they’ve threatened to shut down your Internet connection. The agency believes they are doing Americans a favor.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnewsinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: dnschanger; government; internet; internetshutdown; internetvirus; malware; shutdown
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To: RaisingCain

Don’t tell everyone! That was for just us.


21 posted on 07/06/2012 6:53:45 PM PDT by Doctor 2Brains (If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
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To: RaisingCain

I see that someone watched Space Mutiny via MST3k.


22 posted on 07/06/2012 6:54:43 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Doctor 2Brains

I was scheduled to receive “On Golden Fondle” and “Driving Miss Daisy...wink wink” on Monday. Hopefully Netflix won’t be impacted.


23 posted on 07/06/2012 6:56:45 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (ABO 2012)
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To: Slambat

FBI shutting down my internet? Clayton Morris is clueless. Does he make this stuff up or is he just stupid?


24 posted on 07/06/2012 6:56:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Slambat

Big deal. I’ve known about this site for a while:

http://www.dns-ok.us/

If you go there, and it’s mostly green, unless you have some unusual proxy configuration, you are clean.


25 posted on 07/06/2012 6:57:17 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: DLfromthedesert

Type in dns-ok.us lets you know if your computer is OK

*********************************
...Thank you


26 posted on 07/06/2012 6:57:30 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Slambat

DNS Resolution = GREEN

Your computer appears to be looking up IP addresses correctly!

Had your computer been infected with DNS changer malware you would have seen a red background. Please note, however, that if your ISP is redirecting DNS traffic for its customers you would have reached this site even though you are infected. For additional information regarding the DNS changer malware, please visit the FBI’s website at:
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911


27 posted on 07/06/2012 7:05:31 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Slambat

No and I don’t want the government to help.

I’m happy and secure with my White Hatters...


28 posted on 07/06/2012 7:07:54 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live thnrough it anyway)
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To: Shady

I would not click on the Gestapo’s, uh I mean, the FBI’s link. Obama and his thugs would love to be able to shut down the internet when they declare martial law.


29 posted on 07/06/2012 7:08:33 PM PDT by Astronaut
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To: Melas

“You obviously have zero grasp of the mechanics involved here.”

The mechanics of the internet? The mechanics of the
malware, or the mechanics of the updates? Finding out
and sharing, I assumed, is what this forum was about. Not
posturing some petty supremacy. Jezzz....


30 posted on 07/06/2012 7:16:13 PM PDT by Slambat (The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
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To: Mears

bfl


31 posted on 07/06/2012 7:18:50 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Army Air Corps

Paul Johnson. Err, oh, no wait.

And Mike is better than Joel!


32 posted on 07/06/2012 7:24:40 PM PDT by RaisingCain
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To: RaisingCain

Well, Joel and Mike are quite different cats. Personally, I prefer Mikes’s darker sense of humour. That, and his audiophile references are a hoot.


33 posted on 07/06/2012 7:49:33 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Slambat

Silly, nonfactual reporting. The government isn’t shutting down anyones’ internet connection. All they are doing is shutting down some DNS servers they set up that malware-infected computers happen to be pointing to. Your internet connection will still be “up” when they shut them down, but if you are infected, your computer will not be able to properly access it, since it will not be able to resolve any domain names.

Get rid of your malware, and reset your DNS/Winsock/Proxy/HOSTS file settings, and you will be able to use your internet connection just fine. It might be difficult to do that without being able to access your internet, though, unless you have the right tools downloaded on your computer already. So, if you are worried, download ComboFix, MalwareBytes, SuperAntiSpyware, and CCleaner before then, to be safe.


34 posted on 07/06/2012 8:05:42 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Slambat

“I think it’s just an excuse to try out their internet
kill switch.”

No, this has nothing to do with a “kill switch”. Some people’s computers are infected with a virus that redirected them to the hackers’ server to resolve web addresses, so the hackers could redirect their web activity to pages other than the ones a user wanted to go to. After the government busted the hackers, they set up some DNS servers with those same IP addresses, so the infected machines would be able to access the internet normally. They are only turning off those servers, so the only people affected are those who still have this virus.

“They want everyone too make sure to update their systems
before Monday.”

No, this isn’t about updates, it’s about getting the people who are infected with the virus to get it removed from their system, and get their internet settings fixed before these servers are taken down. Otherwise, those machines will not be able to access the internet. Physically, their internet connection is still running fine, but because of the changes that the virus made to their operating system, any time they try to access a web page, they will just get an error.


35 posted on 07/06/2012 8:12:54 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Inspect Her Gadget, Lawrence of a Labia, Sometimes a Great Lotion, the list goes on...


36 posted on 07/06/2012 8:24:27 PM PDT by stormer
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Tagged so I can check each of my computers.


37 posted on 07/06/2012 8:36:05 PM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Slambat

I will not click on any FBI or new gov site. I’ve contacted my ISP, my Malware and protection venues.
I’ll let them handle it.


38 posted on 07/06/2012 8:42:41 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: Boogieman

So is it unreasonable to assume that if I am infected, and the FBI has been handling my domain name resolution since November, that they could have been logging every website I’ve visited in that time?


39 posted on 07/06/2012 9:05:54 PM PDT by Jess79
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To: Slambat

bflr


40 posted on 07/06/2012 9:12:07 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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