thanks Ronald for the good information On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Ronald Kato Odongo <[email protected]>wrote:
> NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hundreds of thousands of Internet users whose > computers are infected with a particularly nasty virus will be unable to > access the Web starting on Monday. > > The Federal Bureau of Investigation will shut down Internet servers that > it temporarily set up to support those affected by malicious software, > called DNSChanger. Turning off those servers will knock all those still > infected offline. > > Over the past five years, a group of six Estonian cybercriminals infected > about 4 million computers around the world with DNSChanger. The > malware<http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/technology/1107/gallery.common_hacks/5.html?iid=EL>redirected > infected users' Web searches to spoofed sites with malicious > advertisements. > > In November 2011, the FBI and some overseas partners arrested those > responsible, commandeered their > servers<http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/26/technology/microsoft-raid/index.htm?iid=EL>, > and attempted to warn those affected to get rid of the virus. > > The FBI did not immediately take down the rogue servers, as infected > computers would have lost Internet access, an FBI spokesman said. > > To remedy the problem, the FBI had the nonprofit Internet Systems > Consortium set up temporary servers. That way, computer owners would have > time to get rid of their malware. > > The servers were supposed to be shut down in March, but hundreds of > thousands remained infected. Nearly 304,000 computers worldwide (about > 70,000 in the United States) still had the virus in mid-June, according to > the FBI's latest report. That's a large number, but it's a very small > subset of the 1.6 billion PCs worldwide, of which an estimated 339 million > are in the United States. > > Still, the FBI decided to give people even more time to check for the > malware, extending the deadline until July. The agency now says the time > has come to cut the cord, and the emergency servers will be shut down on > Monday. > > Though the FBI tried to send notifications to those infected, it could not > identify all of them, a spokesman said. > > http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/06/technology/dnschanger/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- >>> *peter_simon* <<< *** I can do all things in him who strengthens me*
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