Thousands Of Computers May Lose Internet Connectivity On July 9 , Check For Malware!

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Thousands Of Computers May Loose Internet Connectivity On July 9 , Check For Malware!

Thousands of computers may loose Internet access on July 9th 2012 , security software provider McAfee said today .

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The reason for this is a malware called DNSChanger , which redirects the Internet traffic to fake websites . Many computers are affected by the malware , with third highest infections ( around 21,300 ) being from India after US and Italy .

The FBI will shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware on July 9. As a result, all computers infected with this threat are likely to no longer be able to access the Internet, the spokesperson said.

Last year, the FBI, as a part of 'Operation Ghost Click', took control of the servers used by the cybercriminals. FBI then replaced the rogue servers with temporary legitimate servers so as not to disrupt the web activities of those infected.

However, these servers were allowed only till July 9, 2012.McAfee has released a free tool to help consumers who machines have been infected by the DNSChanger trojan.

"By providing a free tool that walks them through the process, we are making it easy for consumers to fix their settings and stay connected," Vincent Weafer, Senior Vice President, McAfee Labs said in a statement.

Consumers can easily check if they are infected with the DNSChanger Trojan by visiting http://www.mcafee.com/dnscheck and clicking a button to see if their computer has been infected. If they are infected, the website will offer them a free solution to restore their Internet settings.

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^ I have been in touch with top notch noobs (worse than noob level of Indians) residing in USA, UK and Europe as well :) India isn't the only country with mass noobs :P
 
I was watching a show on the same topic on Gemini news the other day . They bought 2 guys who i assume are working in a computer sales shop because of the way they are giving answers. They hooked up a laptop to the big ass screen behind them in the interview room. One guy keeps on Pinging google from the command line and these guys show it like he is doing some awesome things. The other guy keeps stuttering for any question. They couldn't even explain what is DNS Changer & how it works .
The worst part is people calling in and asking question . Some guy asked that the computer is showing bad sectors is that due to DNSChanger ? . One girl asked for Google IP address and the answer was "it changes regularly and i cannot give it to you" . This is how noobish indians are.
 
^ I have been in touch with top notch noobs (worse than noob level of Indians) residing in USA, UK and Europe as well :) India isn't the only country with mass noobs :P

I have had experience with these n00bs when i was in Dell and Microsoft. I at times felt i have to kill myself.
 
That is a Good move from FBI. At-least affected peoples would take some lessons to keep their Computer secure.
 
what if all the noobs don't run the pc all day on 9 of july. It will infected the pc or not.
They will loose connectivity starting from 9th . if they have the malware, and they dont remove the it and change their DNS sites wont open from 9th .
 
Won't open from 9th until they delete or format the PC to clean up the malware. That will be a one hack of malware to be facing the noobs.
actually changing DNS address should work as long as the malware does not change it again .
 
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