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| Author: | JJW009 [ Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Half of Fortune 500 companies still infected with DNSChanger |
This is old news, but the amazing thing is we're being told it's still true. Seriously, 50%, is that not a completely unbelievable statistic? Perhaps it's because the FBI put in the surrogate server. People tend not to fix things that still work even if they're rotten at the core. However, that's probably going to change next week. I'm bracing myself for a lot of phone calls from customers saying their internet isn't working... http://www.itpro.co.uk/638995/will-the- ... this-march That's a massive headline fail suggesting something completely false, but such is the way of sensationalist journalism... I hope they simply put up a walled garden saying what's happened. It would potentially save me a lot of aggravation trying to explain things people don't want to hear. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half of Fortune 500 companies still infected with DNSChanger |
So, the FBI aren't going to remove infected machines from the Internet... They are just turning off the DNS server they were running, because the court order runs out... And ZDNet ran an article last week, saying that the FBI were looking to extend the deadline. My question: Why not just have the DNS server redirect all requests to an FBI holding page, telling visitors, that their machine is infected with a Trojan and they should get it removed pronto? |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:08 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Half of Fortune 500 companies still infected with DNSChanger | |||||||||
That's what I mean by "a walled garden saying what's happened" It's so obvious I don't understand why they didn't do it to start with. |
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| Author: | TheFrenchun [ Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Half of Fortune 500 companies still infected with DNSChanger |
How do I know if my computer is infected? (not worried for mine particularly, but my dad is a plank and clicks on any link online) |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:34 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Half of Fortune 500 companies still infected with DNSChanger | |||||||||
The FBI have issued quite a detailed document: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/no ... alware.pdf From this page: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/no ... re_110911/ |
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