Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

I seen it on Yahoo news. Nobody needs to get excited. Just give it a few weeks. One clue is your computer will be slower than normal. Odds are very slim you'll be or get infected.

 

Viral or virus infected?

Were you referring to me?

If so, I did not imply, you inferred. I only stated I was wary of any (or most) links.

Mikeeee

 

Some hackers seem to have created a virus that will cause thousands of computers to lose internet in July.
Below is a link from my local news channel and on it you will find 2 links to check and see if your computer has been infected.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/17651045/thousands-of-computers-could-have-internet-cut

One of the links listed on KFVS is a link to the FBI's website where you can learn more.

 

Update on March 12, 2012: To assist victims affected by the DNSChanger malicious software, the FBI obtained a court order authorizing the Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) to deploy and maintain temporary clean DNS servers. This solution is temporary, providing additional time for victims to clean affected computers and restore their normal DNS settings. The clean DNS servers will be turned off on July 9, 2012, and computers still impacted by DNSChanger may lose Internet connectivity at that time.

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/DNS-changer-malware.pdf

 

But the rig will still keep rollin'. Hehehheee

No worries there.

Mikeeee

 

Hello, this is otter's son. My name is Dale and I work with networks a lot in my community with LAN Parties. I haven't heard anything about this, and neither have my friends. There is something that's going to happen in June that might be stirring this kind of thing.

DNS (for those who aren't computer savvy) stands for Dynamic Name Server. Automatically, I know that a computer doesn't house a DNS. (I work with websites as well) The DNS that the Command Prompt uses is the "server" inside your router/modem. That is the Local DNS. Now, when I hear of a virus (or spy/malware/bug) that's going to "shut the internet off" - I have a really strong inkling to call bs. Because it's really simple to flush the virus whether it's via a scan with your anti-virus or a format to the HDD and a simple reinstall of Windows (or Mac/Linux).

The thing that's going down in June is a new Internet standard is finally (been waiting a couple years for this) going live. The current Internet standard (known as IPv4) is being upgraded to IPv6. A part of me is thinking that this virus that's going to "shut the internet off" is a scare tactic for people to go out and buy some new hardware - money that doesn't necessarily have to be spent if you've purchased a router/modem in the last year or so.

I'm not going to completely discredit the article, but the sites that I visit (gaming websites, and this type of thing would've been covered) is nowhere to be seen on these sites. The sites, just in case you're curious and would like to check them are http://reddit.com/r/gaming, http://shacknews.com.

 

If they are on an internal network then all they will see is the 192.168.xxx.xxx address. They will have to access their router and see the "true" IP to the internet. Most routers ID/PW are defaulted unless it has been changed.


Mark