This Smells. Bad.
from AP via Yahoo!News
Is this something to worry about, or not? I mean when the gov't wants to help me for no apparent reason I get suspicious. Why does the gov't have to be the one to clean my computer? Will none of the infinitely more capable internet security concerns provide info on how to detect and/or remove this whatever-it-is? I'll bet my benevolent gov't will want to scan my entire computer in this scenario, too won't they? Uncle Sam can kiss my hairy ass. If this 'puter stops in July, I got another one in the closet, brand new, in the box. And unsullied by my Big Brother...:neutral: Quote:
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And, Hells no I didn't click the link to the FBI's "security partner".
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Some people got a virus that routed their internet traffic through a criminal's servers.
The government took control of those servers when they arrested the criminals. When they take those servers down, anyone who is infected will lose internet access. Going to that website will tell you if you are infected (ie, if all of your internet traffic is already, due to the criminals' virus, going through currently-government-run servers). So, if you're currently infected, the eebil gobberment is already getting all your traffic. If you don't want to actually check whether you're infected, then you'd better play it safe and switch to the new computer right away. |
That article reads like a trojan carrier, doesn't it?
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A gov't small enough to fit inside your computer...
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They're trying to get the news out via major news sources to as many users (and as many ISP help desks) as possible before turning off half a million people's internet. |
Funny, they never worried about fucking people over before...
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I checked out that site on my work computer since it's gov't owned and has nothing on it they don't already know about. And I am able to nuke and re-image it if things go wahooni-shaped. At that site, they'll do the check for you, but you can do it manually if you want to know and don't want anyone else scanning your machine. I got the details on what it's looking for from here.
They're looking to see what DNS your machine is being routed through to get internet access. Your ISP will give this to you if you have a static connection and it's automatically configured if you use a dynamic connection. In case anyone is curious and doesn't want to use the link... Open up the command (CMD) window Type ipconfig /all You should see settings similar to this: Attachment 38787 Look at the settings for DNS Servers. If the IP addresses there fall within any of these ranges, you have a problem. 77.67.83.1 to 77.67.83.254 85.255.112.1 to 85.255.127.254 67.210.0.1 to 67.210.15.254 93.188.160.1 to 93.188.167.254 213.109.64.1 to 213.109.79.254 64.28.176.1 to 64.28.191.254 If you have a problem and a dynamic connection, you can reboot your machine to reset it or try this to fix it: Open a command (CMD) window Type ipconfig /release Type ipconfig /renew If you have a problem and a static connection, you'll need to get the DNS information from your ISP and re-enter them in your Local Area Connection settings, just as you likely had to do when you first got set up. If you do all this and your machine reverts back to the blacklist IPs above for its DNS settings, you still have the buggy bug on your machine/in your removable media somewhere or you keep going to a site that's putting it on your machine. You might also want to check your router and make sure it's not configured to route through the blacklisted IPs. |
Cool! Thanks for checking that out.
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How many ways can I screw something up if I do that stuff Cyber talks about?
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Not at all. It's a very simple and common set of commands, no way you could mess it up. Well, I guess if you did (ipconfig /release) and then never followed up with an (ipconfig /renew) then you'd just be sitting there without an IP address, but even then your machine would grab a new one on its own the next time you rebooted.
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Oh dear - I had to reboot just because I thought about doing that.
You have no idea how badly I could eff that up. For example - "Open up the command (CMD) window" I have NO IDEA how to even do THAT! |
Windows Vista and 7 users - Click Start, type cmd or command. Press enter.
Windows NT, 2000, and XP users - Click Start, click Run, type cmd or command. Press enter. If you manage to mess that up, please post screenshots :D |
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