Yeah, google's are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 Steve On 4/20/2012 9:57 PM, &&& (Ruthie) wrote: > Whether or not this website thats going to check to see if your computer > has been compromised by having the DNS servers changed, an ready way is to > change them manually to something like Google's servers. > &&& (Ruthie) > We are more than the sum of our parts > Quit looking for the tagline. It saw you coming and ran away. > On Apr 20, 2012 9:40 PM, "Duyahn Walker"<themusicman1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Take a look and tell me what you think of this article. And I hope most of >> us can do this with us using screen readers. >> Duyahn >> >> News and Opinion >> i_top >> \ >> Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July >> By Associated Press | Friday, April 20, 2012 | >> http://www.bostonherald.com >> | >> Around the Nation >> WASHINGTON - For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the >> difference between >> staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. >> Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers >> ran an online >> advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world. >> In a highly >> unusual response, the FBI set up a safety net months ago using government >> computers >> to prevent Internet disruptions for those infected users. But that system >> is to be >> shut down. >> The FBI is encouraging users to visit a website run by its security >> partner, http://www.dcwg.org >> , that will inform them whether they're infected and explain how to fix >> the problem. >> After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet. >> Most victims don't even know their computers have been infected, although >> the malicious >> software probably has slowed their web surfing and disabled their >> antivirus software, >> making their machines more vulnerable to other problems. >> Last November, the FBI and other authorities were preparing to take down a >> hacker >> ring that had been running an Internet ad scam on a massive network of >> infected computers. >> "We started to realize that we might have a little bit of a problem on our >> hands >> because ... if we just pulled the plug on their criminal infrastructure >> and threw >> everybody in jail, the victims of this were going to be without Internet >> service," >> said Tom Grasso, an FBI supervisory special agent. "The average user would >> open up >> Internet Explorer and get 'page not found' and think the Internet is >> broken." >> On the night of the arrests, the agency brought in Paul Vixie, chairman >> and founder >> of Internet Systems Consortium, to install two Internet servers to take >> the place >> of the truckload of impounded rogue servers that infected computers were >> using. Federal >> officials planned to keep their servers online until March, giving >> everyone opportunity >> to clean their computers. But it wasn't enough time. A federal judge in >> New York >> extended the deadline until July. >> Now, said Grasso, "the full court press is on to get people to address >> this problem." >> And it's up to computer users to check their PCs. >> This is what happened: >> Hackers infected a network of probably more than 570,000 computers >> worldwide. They >> took advantage of vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Windows operating >> system to install >> malicious software on the victim computers. This turned off antivirus >> updates and >> changed the way the computers reconcile website addresses behind the >> scenes on the >> Internet's domain name system. >> The DNS system is a network of servers that translates a web address - >> such as www.ap.org >> - into the numerical addresses that computers use. Victim computers were >> reprogrammed >> to use rogue DNS servers owned by the attackers. This allowed the >> attackers to redirect >> computers to fraudulent versions of any website. >> The hackers earned profits from advertisements that appeared on websites >> that victims >> were tricked into visiting. The scam netted the hackers at least $14 >> million, according >> to the FBI. It also made thousands of computers reliant on the rogue >> servers for >> their Internet browsing. >> When the FBI and others arrested six Estonians last November, the agency >> replaced >> the rogue servers with Vixie's clean ones. Installing and running the two >> substitute >> servers for eight months is costing the federal government about $87,000. >> The number of victims is hard to pinpoint, but the FBI believes that on >> the day of >> the arrests, at least 568,000 unique Internet addresses were using the >> rogue servers. >> Five months later, FBI estimates that the number is down to at least >> 360,000. The >> U.S. has the most, about 85,000, federal authorities said. Other countries >> with more >> than 20,000 each include Italy, India, England and Germany. Smaller >> numbers are online >> in Spain, France, Canada, China and Mexico. >> Vixie said most of the victims are probably individual home users, rather >> than corporations >> that have technology staffs who routinely check the computers. >> FBI officials said they organized an unusual system to avoid any >> appearance of government >> intrusion into the Internet or private computers. And while this is the >> first time >> the FBI used it, it won't be the last. >> "This is the future of what we will be doing," said Eric Strom, a unit >> chief in the >> FBI's Cyber Division. "Until there is a change in legal system, both >> inside and outside >> the United States, to get up to speed with the cyber problem, we will have >> to go >> down these paths, trail-blazing if you will, on these types of >> investigations." >> Now, he said, every time the agency gets near the end of a cyber case, "we >> get to >> the point where we say, how are we going to do this, how are we going to >> clean the >> system" without creating a bigger mess than before. >> ___ >> Online: >> To check and clean computers: http://www.dcwg.org >> Article URL: >> http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view.bg?articleid61125925 >> Related Articles: >> Search for Etan Patz' remains resumes >> /news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid 61125822 >> NYC basement searched for boy who vanished in 1979 >> /news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid 61125720 >> NYC subway plotter testifies at classmate's trial >> /news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid 61125340 >> i_bottom >> this.OBACanObjects[1].ShowCANData('AdInfo_1',1,1,0); >> \ >> Advertisement >> Contact us >> | >> Print advertising >> | >> Online advertising >> | >> Herald history >> | >> Send a news tip >> | >> Electronic edition >> | >> Browser upgrade >> | >> Home delivery >> | >> Mobile Edition >> $ave on Boston Herald Home Delivery >> For back copy and collectible issue information please call 617-619-6265. >> Click here for Celtics, Patriots and Red Sox, and Bruins back copies >> N.I.E. >> Smart Edition >> Mass Literacy Foundation >> © Copyright by the Boston Herald and Herald Media. >> No portion of BostonHerald.com or its content may be reproduced without >> the owner's >> written permission. >> Privacy Commitment >> success >> . >> \ >> . >> \ >> success >> . >> 0.013632 : cached : vowl2.heraldinteractive.com >> nat1061125925_2012-04-20 18:33:16_text_1_0_0 >> >> To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, >> go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes >> >> >> > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes