amitroutray 384 Report post Posted July 8, 2012 About a quarter-million computer users around the world are at risk of losing Internet access on Monday because of malicious software at the heart of a hacking scam that U.S. authorities shut down last November. Some blogs and news reports hyped the risk of an outage, warning of a potential "blackout" and describing the Alureon malware as the "Internet Doomsday" virus. Yet experts said only a tiny fraction of computer users were at risk, and Internet providers would be on call to quickly restore service. They said they considered the threat to be small compared with more-prevalent viruses such as Zeus and SpyEye, which infect millions of PCs and are used to commit financial fraud. As of this week, about 245,000 computers worldwide were still infected by Alureon and its brethren, according to security firm Deteque. That included 45,355 computers in the United States. The viruses were designed to redirect Internet traffic through rogue DNS servers controlled by criminals, according to the FBI. DNS servers are computer switchboards that direct Web traffic. When authorities took down the rogue servers, a federal judge in New York ordered that temporary servers be kept in place while the victims' machines were repaired. The temporary servers will shut down at 12:01 a.m. EDT (0401 GMT) on Monday, which means the infected PCs that have not been fixed will no longer be able to connect to the Internet. Some U.S. Internet providers, including AT&T Inc and Time Warner Cable , have made temporary arrangements so that their customers will be able to access the Internet using the address of the rogue DNS servers. Information on how to identify and clean up infections can be found on a website that a group of security firms and other experts set up: http://www.dcwg.org. "It's a very easy one to fix," said Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research for security company Damballa. "There are plenty of tools available." Many of the machines that remain infected are probably not in active use since most victims were notified of the problem, said security expert Johannes Ullrich, who runs the Internet Storm Center, which monitors Web threats. The United States has charged seven people for orchestrating the worldwide Internet fraud. Six were arrested in Estonia, while the seventh, who was living in Russia, is still at large. Tallinn has so far extradited two of the men to New York where they appeared in Manhattan federal court. The case is USA v. Tsastsin et al, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 11-cr-878. Simply visit this page we've setup for detailed instructions on how you can secure your PC. See: Internet blackout Monday: Check if your PC is infected 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aalok 442 Report post Posted July 8, 2012 ^ checked 2 lappys & 1 desktop with http://www.dns-ok.us/ aal izz well....!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Kailash_ 63 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 ALL IS WELL here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sliver1 102 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 Aal izzz well here too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitroutray 384 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 In news it is said BSNL will shutting down its service in Monday for this DNS Virus. but I am using it, it is running. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitroutray 384 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 For instant Check Virus Please Click Here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sujit_k 141 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 i am safe as well.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rahuldixit2010 13 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 I am also safe. I hope the target will be US only Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmc251 73 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 safe............... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deepak Shankar 79 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks for the info checked my lappy as well All is well thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks and All well here too.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amitroutray 384 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 Your computer appears to be looking up IP addresses correctly! DNS Changer Check-Up - Clean Had your computer been infected with DNS changer malware you would have seen a red background. Please note, however, that if your ISP is redirecting DNS traffic for its customers you would have reached this site even though you are infected. For additional information regarding the DNS changer malware, please visit the FBI's website at: http://www.fbi.gov/n.../malware_110911 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ashi1980 4 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 I am using custom DNS (i.e. google's DNS servers: 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) so I am safe... also checked through this website... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
volstagg 24 Report post Posted July 9, 2012 ^^^^^ even I have been using Google dns servers for a long time. Anyways checked my computer at the site provided.everything seems to be fine. Sent from my Motorola Photon 4G Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
