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    jedi

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    Tomorrow the FBI servers that were being used to protect from a computer virus is being turned off.

    Click on the link below. If you get a GREEN background you are OK you don't have the virus.

    DNS Changer Check-Up - Clean


    If you do not get a GREEN background then you still have the virus and WILL NOT be able to connect to the internet from that machine tomorrow anymore.


    More info on what to do, and other places you can check your computer in the Yahoo Article below:

    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/blackout-monday-dns-changer-know-155840354.html


    ps.
    For you facebook users here is the page facebook is using to tell you about the virus:
    http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-security/notifying-dnschanger-victims/10150833689760766


    Here is the FBI page with more information as well:
    https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS
     
    Mr Evilwrench

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    Says even if you get the green background you may have it, if your ISP is redirecting your DNS requests. Be nice if there was something more definitive.
     
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    Well then just wait till tomorrow if you want more definite. ;)

    Just save your data and reformat your HD, reinstall Windows, and you are good to go. Oh and stay away from da porn. :rofl:
     
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    :facepalm: u need to go visit more pron sites then. ;)
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    If I needed porn, I'd just take a drive through bloomington on a warm sunny day... no history, no cookies, no malware and viruses...unless of course you touch one.
     
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    Caleb said:
    If I needed porn, I'd just take a drive through bloomington on a warm sunny day... no history, no cookies, no malware and viruses...unless of course you touch one.
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    Any...uh...place in particular? Just so I know where to avoid, of course. For science.
     
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    Or you could just buy a Mac and skip all those crazy viruses.
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    Oh, really? Macs are immune?

    New MacOS X backdoor variant used in APT attacks - Securelist
    Backdoor.OSX.MaControl.A | VirusBuster
    Apple Danger As Security Firm Warns Of 600,000 Infected Macs
    Apple Yanks Mac Virus Immunity Claims From Website: Removing 'Reality Distortion' A Good PR Move? - International Business Times

    GodFearinGunTotin said:
    Easy there...he could be talking about gay porn in Bloomington :D
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    I assumed he was, that's why I said "avoid".

    Caleb said:
    Linux...much cheaper.
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    And generally just as insecure, although not usually targeted by viruses.

    Operating System jingoism is no less tiresome than any other kind.
     
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    Bapak2ja said:
    Or you could just buy a Mac and skip all those crazy viruses.
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    Scutter01 beat me to it!!!
    Macs Not Virus-Free Anymore. « Complabng's Blog… simplified solutions

    Scutter01 said:
    Oh, really? Macs are immune?

    New MacOS X backdoor variant used in APT attacks - Securelist
    Backdoor.OSX.MaControl.A | VirusBuster
    Apple Danger As Security Firm Warns Of 600,000 Infected Macs
    Apple Yanks Mac Virus Immunity Claims From Website: Removing 'Reality Distortion' A Good PR Move? - International Business Times
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    The only reason MAC has not been attacked more if because there is so much more $$$ to make on the WINDOWS platform in terms of stealing IDs, CC, etc.. since that is where the majority of the world is on/using.
     
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    Scutter01 beat me to it!!!
    Macs Not Virus-Free Anymore. « Complabng's Blog… simplified solutions



    The only reason MAC has not been attacked more if because there is so much more $$$ to make on the WINDOWS platform in terms of stealing IDs, CC, etc.. since that is where the majority of the world is on/using.
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    Macs have NEVER been virus-free. That was a (very successful) marketing campaign by Apple. The fact is that Mac has a much lower share of the desktop market, and so virus writers tend not to target them as they're not nearly as lucrative. As they become more popular, though, you're going to see it a LOT more. However, as I mentioned previously, pretty much every desktop OS and most server OS's are absolutely riddled with security holes, many of which have been reported and left unpatched for years. It's like the old joke about the negligent discharge: "You've never had an ND? Don't worry, you will."
     
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    jedi said:
    sssssssshhhhhhh scuter01 don't scare them!
    Just look from the sideline as the train wreck is sure to occur. :rofl:
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    They SHOULD be scared! They should be absolutely terrified! Maybe then they'll pay more attention to what they're doing. Computers are amazingly powerful, amazingly complicated devices and people treat them like the toaster in their kitchen. They want to press a button and in three minutes, they've got toast. They don't want to think about the millions of criminals out there right now who are actively trying to take over their computer for their own purposes.
     
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    They SHOULD be scared! They should be absolutely terrified! Maybe then they'll pay more attention to what they're doing. Computers are amazingly powerful, amazingly complicated devices and people treat them like the toaster in their kitchen. They want to press a button and in three minutes, they've got toast. They don't want to think about the millions of criminals out there right now who are actively trying to take over their computer for their own purposes.
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    meh... Computers in your and my time were "powerful works on wonder" but that is not the case anymore. Now they are nothing more than toaster and a mean to some other end. The :sheep: don't want to learn how they work or how/why they do what they do. They just want to be able to update stupidbook and upload to metube, etc...
     
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    jedi said:
    meh... Computers in your and my time were "powerful works on wonder" but that is not the case anymore. Now they are nothing more than toaster and a mean to some other end. The :sheep: don't want to learn how they work or how/why they do what they do. They just want to be able to update stupidbook and upload to metube, etc...
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    Yeah, you're absolutely right. And tomorrow, half a million people are going to be unable to use their "toaster" because they couldn't be bothered to learn how to protect it.
     
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