Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

Linus · 04-20-2012, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by amiyesiam

Dear Linus

what do you know about this?
is it for real?
thank you
mehttp://www.dcwg.org/
something about world wide computer problems in july

I'm going to look into this. I hadn't heard about them shutting down the DNS for July. What I've read is that it seems specific to Australians and I'm not sure why the FBI, a US police force for internal US issues, would do that to Australia specifically. Granted that the DNS servers are world wide (the root or top-most level ones are), the news reports I found seemed to indicate it would be directed at Australia specifically.

amiyesiam · 04-20-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

I'm going to look into this. I hadn't heard about them shutting down the DNS for July. What I've read is that it seems specific to Australians and I'm not sure why the FBI, a US police force for internal US issues, would do that to Australia specifically. Granted that the DNS servers are world wide (the root or top-most level ones are), the news reports I found seemed to indicate it would be directed at Australia specifically.

THank you very much Mr. Very Smart Man
I do not want to be messing up my computer

Linus · 04-21-2012, 07:44 AM

There may be some legitimacy to this story. After a bit of searching, I found this on the FBI's website: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011...malware_110911

They do have a link you can use to determine if you are infected or not. I'd suggest reading this: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011...er-malware.pdf and near the bottom they recommend some steps you can do to check if you are infected or not.

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