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Help DNS Changer Malware On July 9

n4zty

n4zty

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Ok guys this hasn't been posted yet and im sorry im posting this a tad late should of posted it yesterday but slipped my mind, the story is some hackers have created some malware that infected thousands of computers if not millions and will disrup internet for many 2morrow 7/9/2012 this is not a hoax it was on fox news and i just went online to confirm it and its all real!! so the first thing you should do is check your computer by going to this site and if you can see the site then your good to go if not they take you through the process of removing this malware. anyways heres the link to check your computer and below the whole story along with more info!

DNS Changer Check-Up - Clean

If you see this on your screen when you go to this site then your ok

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An internet virus called DNSChanger Malware is expected to knock off tens and thousands of internet users on Monday, July 9, 2012.

Back in November 8, 2011, the FBI, the NASA-OIG and Estonian police arrested several cyber criminals in
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good to know we wouldnt want shiny to miss out on all the juicy gossips we were going to talk pass around about you lol jk
 
n4zty said:
good to know we wouldnt want shiny to miss out on all the juicy gossips we were going to talk pass around about you lol jk
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I have secret squirrel spies every where... Even when I'm not here I know all..... Buahaha... Buahaha... Buahaha.. :D:p;)
 
i would share it on on my facebook but i havnt used my facebook in ages and i forgot my password and i only have 15 friends on it lmao!!!

ok this was strange but i dont think it has anything to do with the actual malware we are talking about lol

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I think this is only affect the person who aren't change the router default user name and password. That mean if you use user name as "Admin" and password as "Password". If you use your own user name and password for the router you shouldn't worry about this malware. Also i think modem user not affect but not sure about that.
 
Andima said:
I think this is only affect the person who aren't change the router default user name and password. That mean if you use user name as "Admin" and password as "Password". If you use your own user name and password for the router you shouldn't worry about this malware. Also i think modem user not affect but not sure about that.
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Unfortunately that's not completely correct.

It affected computers with or without routers. Having a router connected was just an additional step the malware had to take to infect DNS.It was able circumvent the computers with additional code if it had a router connected.

The malware works it way out after infection and if there is router there it changes it also.

I would hate for some one to think, Oh i don't have a router, I'm safe...
That would not be true.

Once you have been affected you are more prone to have other types of issues.

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n4zty said:
i would share it on on my facebook but i havnt used my facebook in ages and i forgot my password and i only have 15 friends on it lmao!!!

ok this was strange but i dont think it has anything to do with the actual malware we are talking about lol

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Hey sir I suggest you get a Google Chrome extension called "ad block" from the chrome store. You will thank me for the rest of your life.

but anyways about the malware i am good to go. Thanks for the heads up
 
johnpro112 said:
Hey sir I suggest you get a Google Chrome extension called "ad block" from the chrome store. You will thank me for the rest of your life.

but anyways about the malware i am good to go. Thanks for the heads up
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Oh wow thanks i didnt know about that plugin im gonna check it out now!!!
 
To be honest, the only people affected would be clueless computer users who don't have AV protection or don't run malware scans. Even on my parents' computer I refurbed and installed Win7, I have it set to do daily scans with MSE and Malwarebytes. Anybody running real-time AV with regular scanning would either not be affected, or would know a long time ago their computer was infected.

The media has picked up on this story now because it can be promoted in a breathless alarmist manner.
:) "Thousands may be knocked off the internet!" ("Thousands" out of 360 MILLION worldwide internet users.)

Somebody sent me the story the other day, and I reminded them I sent them this same story MONTHS ago. It's not a new story, it's just the deadline has finally arrived.

If anyone IS knocked off the internet by this malware, I wouldn't tell anyone. :) Any kind of knowledge or basic computer maintenance would have prevented/fixed the issue. This issue will only affect people who buy new computers, let their trial AV lapse, then incessantly complain their new computer is running slow and has all kinds of popups. And then don't do anything about it, while their computer pumps put millions of spam messages per day, as part of a spambot network. They get kicked off the internet? Good! :)
 
n4zty said:
Oh wow thanks i didnt know about that (AdBlock) plugin im gonna check it out now!!!
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Yeah, Adblock (not AdBlock Plus) is the first thing I put on a new installation of Chrome. And note I am PAYING to use this forum, so I am directly contributing money. I just don't want to see ads on every site I go to, especially Facebook. So, Adblock to the rescue!

Ad Block Plus (different developer) is not as good, as they maintain a "white" list of "good" ads (i.e. payoffs from advertisers). The plain "Ad Block" is what you want.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

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Chazzmatt you are right. I was about to say go adblock. Work has been going crazy today with infected systems, and we watched july 9 roll over to midnight and was comparing it to y2k..
 
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