Nasty Computer Virus hits Monday according to the news, it will change your DNS and point you to a lot of trouble.
Go do DCWG.org and run a simple program, click on Detect and run the program or type in
http://www.dns-ok.us/
If it comes back as OK your OK.
River
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"I'm clean I tell ya, I'm clean!"
Anyone got it?
Or just another Chicken Little Alert
Anyone got it?
Or just another Chicken Little Alert
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Not sure its just a chicken little alert as it was on the 6pm news NBC.
I was clean also.
River
I was clean also.
River
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The warning shave been around for several months as I recall.
I keep checking my computer --- clean.
It's better safe than sorry and the check takes merely seconds.
Take the time, it's well worth your while.
I keep checking my computer --- clean.
It's better safe than sorry and the check takes merely seconds.
Take the time, it's well worth your while.
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Go to the link in post 1. does the background show up green? if yes, you're OK. If not, follow instruction on the link.
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Doomsday virus tests technology firms
By: Eliza Krigman
July 6, 2012 07:10 PM EDT
Monday could spell doom for thousands of American Internet (http://www.politico.com/tag/internet) users trying to connect to the Web — and that’s the best-case scenario after months of trying to stamp out a nasty computer (http://www.politico.com/tag/computers) virus.
In November, the FBI (http://www.politico.com/tag/fbi) put in place a temporary fix that let computers infected with the doomsday virus still connect to the Internet. That bought tech companies some time to come up with a real cure.
But on Monday, the FBI is lifting its stopgap measure, leaving users and companies to solve the problem on their own. The bureau predicts that only about 64,000 U.S. computers are still at risk of losing the ability to connect to the Web. Worldwide, the number could reach hundreds of thousands.
This time around, the feds were willing to step in. But the administration hopes Internet companies will take more responsibility for policing viruses on their own.
“In a way, it’s a test case,” said Stewart Baker, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson and a former Bush administration official at the Homeland Security Department. But, Baker said, it’s “an easy test case, in one sense, because people could plan; it could be well organized.”
A few months ago, the White House unveiled a voluntary public-private initiative to combat these kinds of attacks. And in March, an FCC advisory council — known by its acronym CSRIC — adopted recommendations for voluntary action by Internet service providers to combat major threats such as botnets and attacks on the Internet domain name system, or DNS.
An FCC (http://www.politico.com/tag/FederalComm ... Commission) official said the doomsday virus has been a good example of private industry being urged to adopt the agency’s voluntary recommendations.
“Internet service providers, covering more than 80 percent of U.S. users, voluntarily committed to [its] recommendations regarding DNSSEC, the security protocol that would help to mitigate threats like the Doomsday attack,” an FCC official told POLITICO.
But the numbers could have been much worse. The private sector, helped by the government, has been working to stamp out the malware, which initially was estimated to have harmed millions of computers worldwide.
The trouble started when international hackers ran an online advertising scam, known as “Operation Ghost Click,” that infected computers with a virus called DNSChanger. The hackers used malware allowing them “to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry,” leaving users of infected machines “unaware that their computers had been compromised,” according to an FBI release.
But the country’s largest Internet providers say they’re ready for Monday and beyond.
“To provide a seamless experience for the remaining small percentage of customers impacted by the well-known DNSChanger virus, AT&T will operate legitimate domain name system servers through year’s end,” a company spokesman said. “This gives adequate time for them to remove it from their computers and avoid service interruption.”
Verizon has also been working on the problem.
“We have made a point of providing our customers with as much information about the threat to their computers, as well as the tools to prevent damage to their systems,” said Verizon spokesman Ed McFadden.
Comcast and CenturyLink have also been reaching out to their customers.
After a two-year investigation, the FBI, in conjunction with NASA’s inspector general and the Estonian police, arrested several Estonian citizens connected with the international cyber ring last November.
When the FBI went to take down the malicious servers the hackers were using to control infected machines, some officials realized that doing so would cause victims to lose Internet service. To guard against that possibility, the agency set up a few replacement servers. But that setup expires Monday.
“We have a really strong relationship with private industry, especially in our cyber division,” Kelly Langmesser, an FBI spokeswoman, said in an interview Friday. “We really encourage them to come forward with problems.”
To check whether a computer has been infected, computer users can visit a special website Internet experts set up to deal with the problem. At the site, users can check to see if their computer is affected and, if so, learn how to fix it.
“This kind of malware is good at catching a lot of people who aren’t protected,” said James Lewis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Government computers are not very likely to be harmed, Lewis noted, but this episode will shed light on potential vulnerabilities there, too.
“One of the things we find out routinely is that some agencies do a great job of protecting themselves from malware and others don’t,” Lewis said.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78189.html
Doomsday virus tests technology firms
By: Eliza Krigman
July 6, 2012 07:10 PM EDT
Monday could spell doom for thousands of American Internet (http://www.politico.com/tag/internet) users trying to connect to the Web — and that’s the best-case scenario after months of trying to stamp out a nasty computer (http://www.politico.com/tag/computers) virus.
In November, the FBI (http://www.politico.com/tag/fbi) put in place a temporary fix that let computers infected with the doomsday virus still connect to the Internet. That bought tech companies some time to come up with a real cure.
But on Monday, the FBI is lifting its stopgap measure, leaving users and companies to solve the problem on their own. The bureau predicts that only about 64,000 U.S. computers are still at risk of losing the ability to connect to the Web. Worldwide, the number could reach hundreds of thousands.
This time around, the feds were willing to step in. But the administration hopes Internet companies will take more responsibility for policing viruses on their own.
“In a way, it’s a test case,” said Stewart Baker, a partner at Steptoe & Johnson and a former Bush administration official at the Homeland Security Department. But, Baker said, it’s “an easy test case, in one sense, because people could plan; it could be well organized.”
A few months ago, the White House unveiled a voluntary public-private initiative to combat these kinds of attacks. And in March, an FCC advisory council — known by its acronym CSRIC — adopted recommendations for voluntary action by Internet service providers to combat major threats such as botnets and attacks on the Internet domain name system, or DNS.
An FCC (http://www.politico.com/tag/FederalComm ... Commission) official said the doomsday virus has been a good example of private industry being urged to adopt the agency’s voluntary recommendations.
“Internet service providers, covering more than 80 percent of U.S. users, voluntarily committed to [its] recommendations regarding DNSSEC, the security protocol that would help to mitigate threats like the Doomsday attack,” an FCC official told POLITICO.
But the numbers could have been much worse. The private sector, helped by the government, has been working to stamp out the malware, which initially was estimated to have harmed millions of computers worldwide.
The trouble started when international hackers ran an online advertising scam, known as “Operation Ghost Click,” that infected computers with a virus called DNSChanger. The hackers used malware allowing them “to manipulate the multi-billion-dollar Internet advertising industry,” leaving users of infected machines “unaware that their computers had been compromised,” according to an FBI release.
But the country’s largest Internet providers say they’re ready for Monday and beyond.
“To provide a seamless experience for the remaining small percentage of customers impacted by the well-known DNSChanger virus, AT&T will operate legitimate domain name system servers through year’s end,” a company spokesman said. “This gives adequate time for them to remove it from their computers and avoid service interruption.”
Verizon has also been working on the problem.
“We have made a point of providing our customers with as much information about the threat to their computers, as well as the tools to prevent damage to their systems,” said Verizon spokesman Ed McFadden.
Comcast and CenturyLink have also been reaching out to their customers.
After a two-year investigation, the FBI, in conjunction with NASA’s inspector general and the Estonian police, arrested several Estonian citizens connected with the international cyber ring last November.
When the FBI went to take down the malicious servers the hackers were using to control infected machines, some officials realized that doing so would cause victims to lose Internet service. To guard against that possibility, the agency set up a few replacement servers. But that setup expires Monday.
“We have a really strong relationship with private industry, especially in our cyber division,” Kelly Langmesser, an FBI spokeswoman, said in an interview Friday. “We really encourage them to come forward with problems.”
To check whether a computer has been infected, computer users can visit a special website Internet experts set up to deal with the problem. At the site, users can check to see if their computer is affected and, if so, learn how to fix it.
“This kind of malware is good at catching a lot of people who aren’t protected,” said James Lewis, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Government computers are not very likely to be harmed, Lewis noted, but this episode will shed light on potential vulnerabilities there, too.
“One of the things we find out routinely is that some agencies do a great job of protecting themselves from malware and others don’t,” Lewis said.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78189.html
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Riverwind (imported) wrote: Sat Jul 07, 2012 2:40 pm Nasty Computer Virus hits Monday according to the news, it will change your DNS and point you to a lot of trouble.
Go do DCWG.org and run a simple program, click on Detect and run the program or type in
http://www.dns-ok.us/
If it comes back as OK your OK.
River
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Re: Nasty Computer Virus hits Monday
With all the hoopla over this in the last few days, I don't know how anyone could NOT know what this thing is?!
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Paolo wrote: Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:38 am With all the hoopla over this in the last few days, I don't know how anyone could NOT know what this thing is?!
What it is, is
"The sky is falling! The sky is falling."
I suspect these Chicken Little Alerts are a basis of advertising to the cyber crowd.
When the doomsday prophecy displayed in the South Park episode, "Over Logging" happens;
then I will believe the Cyber Chicken Little Alerts.
Moi
The Cynic