On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jer...@mompl.net> wrote: > Excuse the horrible subject :-) > > Anyone have anything insightful to say about it? Is it just lots of fuss > about nothing or is it an actual substantial problem? > > http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911 > > "Update on March 12, 2012: To assist victims affected by the DNSChanger > malicious software, the FBI obtained a court order authorizing the Internet > Systems Consortium (ISC) to deploy and maintain temporary clean DNS servers. > This solution is temporary, providing additional time for victims to clean > affected computers and restore their normal DNS settings. The clean DNS > servers will be turned off on July 9, 2012, and computers still impacted by > DNSChanger may lose Internet connectivity at that time." > > -- > Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5 > Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012 19:21:45 UTC > Location: off the west coast of northern Sumatra > Latitude: 2.6946; Longitude: 94.5307 > Depth: 26.00 km >
Yes its a major problem for the users unknowingly infected. To them it will look like their Internet connection is down. Expect ISPs to field lots of support calls. -- ~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lath...@gmail.com http://lathama.net ~