*9th July - The Internet Doomsday* A malware named DNS changer infected 250,000 users...
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thetechfreak
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oh well Google DNS seems to be handling it fine for me 
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ankit.kumar010203
Journeyman
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ankit.kumar010203
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rider
as Kratos
For what time you are gonna turn off your internet modem? I mean what timings.
That would be very bad indeed - not all internet users are couch potatoes you know!
Its allegedly not supposed to be a one-day threat - its supposed to be 9th July onwards! In fact, the only thing that is happening on 9th July, is FBI is turning off some of their servers! Read about Operation Ghost Click to know more!
Edit: Oh! and if your router is bridged (and not PPP), then securing router does not help in this case (which does not imply you should not secure your router
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Come one guys, there would be no need to "off"' the internet - if you are already infected, you are getting/will get redirected to spoofed sites, if you are not, you will continue as you are - as simple as that...nothing special is going to happen 9th July onwards..
Just check in the link in the original post if you are infected and act accordingly!
Just check in the link in the original post if you are infected and act accordingly!
rider
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what should we do, if get affected?
Alien
Journeyman
Nothing is going to happen if you are not already infected. You can check if you are infected here. Follow the instructions there to clean it if you are infected. Also check for your router, whether it is using the correct DNS server. FBI had already caught the perpetrators of this some 8 months back, and if they had shut the rogue servers then all those infected would have been cut off from the internet. So, following court order they set up alternate servers with the same DNS for the infected computers to use and five them time to clean their PC's. FBI is shutting those servers on Monday, so all those still infected will lose their connection. India has the third highest number of infections worldwide behind US and Italy.
Source.
Source.
kg11sgbg
Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
For the time being,upon GOD's grace,and my fellow "Digitians" well-wishing , I am UNINFECTED,and could surf/browse at ease,TILL NOW.
Though I'm running under Ubuntu-12.04(64-bit),still I've "clam" AV and other utilities(security software Freely available) installed...
Friends note the time as 6:37 AM
Well,um... I forgot the U.S. time,it's not 12:00 past midnight and still Sunday ,8th of July,2012 at present.
@topgear,has already provided the timing protocol between India & U.S.
So,we are still not being tested by the Internet closure/crash event...
Sorry,friends for being overtly "enthusiastic",though my IP address is UNINFECTED as checked by the FBI site,and also according to @Alien,my router is using the correct DNS server,all checked.
Though I'm running under Ubuntu-12.04(64-bit),still I've "clam" AV and other utilities(security software Freely available) installed...
Friends note the time as 6:37 AM
Well,um... I forgot the U.S. time,it's not 12:00 past midnight and still Sunday ,8th of July,2012 at present.
@topgear,has already provided the timing protocol between India & U.S.
So,we are still not being tested by the Internet closure/crash event...
Sorry,friends for being overtly "enthusiastic",though my IP address is UNINFECTED as checked by the FBI site,and also according to @Alien,my router is using the correct DNS server,all checked.
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rider
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I am green in that website, and already scanned with malware securities. So, this means i have no problem to access full day without worrying?
thetechfreak
Legend Never Ends
The current PACIFIC standard Time- 10.42 PM of 8th July as seen here- PST: Pacific Standard Time (USA & Canada). What's the current time now in PST? / PDT in Summer
Wait for couple more hours
Wait for couple more hours
Hrishi
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-1 , its not just windows . OS independent.
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