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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Just wanted to give everyone a heads up as I heard about this on the news today. They said you would be unaware of this and it may "activate" in July

 

he DNS Changer virus is a computer virus designed to change the DomaIn Name System (DNS) server address of your computer. This is done so that a remote hacker can redirect your web browser to malicious websites designed to procure your financial information. In addition, the DNS Changer virus may slow your computer, add icons to your desktop, decrease your available memory and flood your computer with unsolicited pop-up advertisements.

 

 

Here is a link from the FBI on how to check to see if your affected

 

http://www.fbi.gov/n...ger-malware.pdf

AzDragonLord Enthusiast

AzDragonLord

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Heck....if 20% of the people have this virus, come July, it just leaves more bandwidth for the rest of us! :lol:

00Silverado4x4 Senior Enthusiast

00Silverado4x4

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Great...one more thing that'll make my computer obselete. You buy a laptop 6 years ago thinking it'll last....

 

Thanks for the heads up.

 

To AzDragonLord:

WIth my luck I will probably be one of the 20%...enjoy the extra bandwidth. lol

jdubub Senior Enthusiast

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Get a Mac and you have less of a chance. :D

 

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RyanbabZ71 Senior Enthusiast

RyanbabZ71

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Actual macs are affected also. They have Mac instructions on the FBI site

 

 

Ryan

 

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MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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Mine are all untouched. I use Google DNS on my machines. Had too many issues with the DNS of my actual ISP not updating their crap often enough ( ie a site like this gets moved to a new server and after that if the ISP doesn't update their DNS the web address won't work).

wurgs Senior Enthusiast

wurgs

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so far so good, my servers not on the list

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

MikeNH

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Malwarebytes is a powerful tool, I used it after my mom managed to download some fake antivirus program to her computer and it was able to neutralize the malware and fix her computer.

 

 

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BlackZ71Silverado Senior Enthusiast

BlackZ71Silverado

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Viruses like this that direct you to random infected webpages/addy's. are a PITA to get rid of. If you come to a page and it starts with a

"redirect." at the beginning, get away as soon as possible and run a scan on your computer.

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