Posted on 07/06/2012 8:49:36 AM PDT by Stayfree
On Monday, July 9th, the FBI will pull the plug on internet access to hundreds of thousands of computers infected with a malware Trojan known as DNSChanger. Even if your computer is clean, companies that have compromised systems in their network will be taken offline, hindering their ability to do business and possibly breaking their websites, in what many are referring to as “Internet Doomsday.”
(Excerpt) Read more at prweb.com ...
I’ll take my chances. Thanks anyway.
This story stinks. I cannot understand why anyone who ends up in the ‘Special Servers’ is not send am automatic alert, for those who are completely offline in the critical period there is a different problem.
Ping.
Can’t help but think this is going to be another Y2K moment....
Or....maybe it’s a scare tactic to get people to go to that link...so they can get your IP and log you in their system?
Just sayin’
"OH NOES"
"WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
Is there a checker available from a source other than the FBI?
I'll just sit back and watch a while.
Ain't goin' NOwhere I don't know when I don't know what I'm doin' ..
pingski
FBI: “Let’s run a limited test to see how easy it is, and how effective we are, at seizing control of the Internet.”
My advice at present is to not go to the link. Download and run ComboFix (it’s the second button- blue and not the first button-yellow). http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/
The owner of the website link “dcwg.org” is Barry Greene, 11692 Westshore Court Cupertino, California. 95014 (I’m not going to post his phone # or e-mail address} It was created 04-Nov-2011 19:06:39 UTC.
Most computers ARE infected with some kind of malware. After running ComboFix, which most likely will reboot your PC a few times, give it one more reboot. The download and run Malwarebytes, http://www.malwarebytes.org/ (the download button not the buy button). When one first run it, after it’s installed and updated, select “decline” then do a full scan. When it’s done click on the button on the low right, then “fix now’.
If you want a really good anti-virus get F-Secure Internet Security, http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/home you can also run their cleanup toll at http://www.f-secure.com/en/web/labs_global/removal/easy-clean.
Self-ping for later investigation.
“... they can get your IP and log you in their system”.
Thank you, Lucky9teen, for posting that comment. I was thinking the same thing but wondered if I had not become so suspicious and jaded that a tinfoil hat wasn’t right for me. The whole story just seems too weird for me with so many questions left unanswered. I think I will take my chances.
The best way to determine if your computer’s (or router’s) firewall is working and optimized is to effectively try to penetrate it. Browser-based utility ShieldsUP! tests your firewall for vulnerabilities and kinks in your computer’s defense.
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
After you give ShieldsUP! permission to run tests on your computer and choose a test type, it looks for weaknesses and openings that hackers and intruders can use to attack your machine. You can test in five different categories: file sharing, common ports, all service ports, messenger spam, and browser headers. When a test completes, ShieldsUP! will displays the results and offer suggestions for how you can improve your security, with detailed explanations. It’s a good tool for evaluating your computer’s security and determining whether you need to amp up your computer’s defenses.
We actually mentioned ShieldsUp! in passing in our previous guide to portscanning your computer for security holes, but it’s a solid tool worth highlighting on its own. If your port-scanning interest has been piqued, be sure to check out our previous guide for a more thorough examination of the subject.
Either way, share how your computer fared in the comments.
Go to an FBI website because I’m advised to? I don’t think so.
Because all the FBI know about these people is their IP address. In order to send them something, they would need a subpoena to get the subscriber name and address, which would have to be requested from the miriad ISP providers no doubt are involved.
Actually it would really be worrying if we got an e-mail or a letter from them...
bump for later
How will the FBI know which pcs are infected?
EVERYONE:
Follow Lucky9teen’s advice and instructions. That is exactly what I have but I also have Spybot layered in.
I would never go to a government site for their help and advised 3 people this week not to.
I setup their computers the same as mine and they will be fine.
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