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On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:26:02 -0600 |
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Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I ran across this and though it was a joke. Did a news search and |
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> sure enough, it is reported in lots of places. Random linky: |
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102856/Will-FBI-shut-Internet-March-8-virus-concerns.html?ito=feeds-newsxml |
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> Is there any truth to this mess? My bigger and better question, how |
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> is shutting down the internet going to fix this? When the net comes |
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> back up, they are still going to be infected. Right? |
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> I'm glad I run a really nice Linux OS. |
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Gawd, I hate it when morons write sensational articles that attempt to |
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make sense to other morons. You get crap like that. |
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So if this is legit, and I'm not saying it is, what happened is this: |
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The malware changes the DNS cache settings on infected machines, |
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sending the user to rogue caches. The FBI captured some (or all) of |
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these rogue caches and (possibly) tried to fix them. A court has now |
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said those rogue caches must now be shut down. |
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So if the morons reading the article do nothing, on March 8 the DNS |
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caches they use will be down. The user's DNS will not work. |
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OMFG!!!!!!! Da intartubes is broken!!!!! |
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<sigh> |
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Instead, why not just set the DNS caches to something NOT owned by Ivan |
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The Russian Spammer? |
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And no, the intartubes will NOT be switched off. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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