Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
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International hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. In a highly unusual move, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government...
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Sounds more like this post (that is, the original email you got) is the real "virus". This is the classic "the sky is falling and IBM has the solution" email whose point is to get as many people as...
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There's a link from fbi.gov to dns-ok.us Not saying that makes it any more trustworthy than the usual website but it does have an outbound link nonetheless
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Hmmm, no. It's really quite harmless. :rolleyes:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120327_dns_changer/
Research is better than mindless rules.
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This title is misleading. Your ISP is not going offline, a virus might just be affecting your ability to do names lookups. The internet will still work and you never lost it, your computer is just...
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Omg! What will we do with out internet access??!?!!!!???!
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Zomg spank bank on empty.
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The real irony is that this FBI page links to and recommends dns-ok.us
:crylol:
Their own tool is more difficult to use.
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Would not trust dns-ok.us at all
Go here to check your DNS
https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS
Use Open DNS or googles dns 8.8.8.8
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Assuming that is *the* Paul Vixie, he is the author of BIND ((still?) one of the most popular DNS servers) and his name pops up in what seems like every internet RFC I've ever looked at.
I use his...
