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FBI to take computers offline

June 30th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

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Matt Liebowitz
, SecurityNewsDaily

DNS Changer Check-Up

You can go to DNS Changer Check-Up at http://www.dns-ok.us to find out if your computer is infected.

In 10 days, there’s a chance you will not be able to access the
Internet on your personal computer. No email, no Facebook, no Google, no
Twitter — nothing.

This potentially dire situation is due to the nasty DNSChanger Trojan,
and the fateful date of July 9, on which the FBI is set to take all
computers still infected with the malware offline for good. The date is being dubbed “Internet doomsday” for those who don’t take action.

Launched by Estonian cybercriminals, the DNSChanger malware infected
Windows PCs, Macs and routers across the world and enabled the crooks to
hijack victims’ Web traffic and reroute it to rigged sites. After the
FBI, in “Operation Ghost Click,”
busted the criminals last November, the FBI set up surrogate servers to
keep the computers infected with the Trojan temporarily online so users
could clean them. But on July 9, those surrogate servers are coming
down.

[Will the FBI Shut Down My Computer? Questions and Answers]

This is bad news for anyone whose computer is still harboring the malware. According to a new report from Internet Identity,that
unfortunate group, which at the time of the FBI sting was made up of 4
million computers and routers worldwide,still includes 12 percent of the
Fortune 500.

In his Krebs on Security blog,
researcher Brian Krebs cites a statistic from the DNSChanger Working
Group, which estimates that more than 300,000 computers are still
infected with the malware.

“That number is likely conservative,” Krebs said. “The DCWG measures
infections by Internet protocol (IP) addresses, not unique systems.
Because many systems that are on the same local network often share the
same IP address, the actual number of DNSChanger-infected machines is
probably quite a bit higher than 300,000.

In the past few weeks, both Google and Facebook have undertaken notification campaigns efforts
to warn those who may still be infected with the Trojan. But if you
didn’t receive a warning, it doesn’t mean you’re in the clear.

There are ways to eradicate the DNSChanger from your system before July 9. Here’s how, in three easy steps.

First, you’ll need to change some settings on your computer. Click here for instructions on how to do so. That will make sure you’re still able to get on the Internet when July 9 rolls around.

Step two is to run strong anti-virus software that will clean up your
computer. You’ll probably have to pay for the software. Here’s a list
of recommended anti-virus software products.

The third step is to check your system again; if you’re still seeing the Google alert, check the DNS Changer Check-Up.

If you know your car might explode and crumble into a burning mass of
parts in less than two weeks unless you got it serviced, you’d probably
get it serviced, right? Do the same with your computer.