Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

once , and you did what your provider told you to do to fix it ~ you'll be
messed up again?

do shit like this?

Because they can.

taxpayers money (FBI & all).

Call it vandalism. Stupidity knows no bounds.

The ID ten T error is way too common out there.

Oh well, more money for me.

was a link I clicked on cited in the article.decided to check it out on wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rove_Digital

I am thinking I should not have clicked on that link? What do some of you think?

I would talk to my internet provider and see what you need to do to get rid of the problem.

came up empty, but thanks for the article.

Norton detects DNS Changer as Zlob or Tidserv. If you haven't been alerted to any malware and the test site indicates that your DNS service is fine, you do not have to worry about this. See my other post here:
http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/Will-Lose-Internet-in-July/m-p/701503/highlight/true#M201451

Via: http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/dcwg-org/td-p/701531

Wow, people still use Norton?

I hear the corporate edition isn't horrible anymore, but still...

UNITED STATES v. VLADIMIR TSASTSIN, ET AL.

The FBI is seeking information from individuals, corporate entities, and Internet Services Providers who believe that they have been victimized by malicious software (“malware”) related to the defendants. This malware modifies a computer’s Domain Name Service (DNS) settings and thereby directs the computers to receive potentially improper results from rogue DNS servers hosted by the defendants.

If you believe you have been victimized in this case, please type your DNS information into the search box below.

Information on how to determine your DNS settings, along with other technical details about DNSChanger, can be found at www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/dns-changer-malware.pdf.

https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS

You can also test to see if you are affected by visiting the following DNSChanger Check-Up sites below. If this Check-Up site indicates that you are affected by DNSChanger, then visit http://www.dcwg.org/cleanup.html for information on how to address this problem.

More:
https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS

So, the dcwg.org site is, in fact, being used by the FBI.

Thank you.

Scroll down to:

'Manually Checking for DNS Changer Infections'

Follow the easy directions.

http://www.dcwg.org/detect/checking-osx-for-infections

and I'm "green" edit to update this thank you.

Whew!

http://www.dns-ok.us/

Its an FBI / Court site, and it will determine if your computer is operating correctly for purposes of this situation.

Looks like I am OK for now. It is in the green.

I am certainly not close to being a puter geek, so am a great target. AND in the past yeah, had something that did a real nasty thing to my puter, the fear just never leaves after that.

Thanks again, went there, did the thing, and came out green.

Thanks for the info.

I'd try going on WiFi and visiting one of the detector websites.

http://www.dns-ok.us/

I went there and it said I'm not infected.

although i have been having a rash of redirects the last couple of days

Hope that doesn't mean anything.

so I can find it later.

Then update/scan periodically.

Also, install a decent anti-virus program like Eset or Kaspersky.

I'm definitely not a geek, but I love the PC, I'm older & retired. In the past I've have used both McAfee and Norton, dutifully made sure SW was up to date, but still caught a virus. Last year I switched to Kaspersky (I had never heard of it before) and I couldn't be happier. I know it's a russian company, at first apprehensive, but it's good and good support also. Thanks for mentioning it, that me feel so good.

Thanks OS!!

I'm safe.

Excellent thread, thanks