...not quite all correct...close though.
All that is happening is the FBI is finally shutting down bogus DNS servers
out there. A DNS server convert the names you type into numbers for routing.
They have let many (100's?) of bogus DNS servers continue to run for well
over a year+ now to track down the people that perpetrated them, as well as
prepare to clean and correct the mis-directed traffic.
All these servers have been doing is directing to you to sites that
basically gave them click-through advertisement $$ pay-outs for routing
traffic to particular sites.
Once there they routed you to where it was you 'thought' you were going the
first time you clicked on a link.
Yes, a couple were man-in-the-middle acts that did collect your passwords,
but many of those were shut-down months ago.
Some say the whole NET will collapse, some say it's just another Y2K event.
Worst case. you'll have to wait for the correct(real) DNS servers to
re-propagate valid paths.
Paul Tegler
ptegler@verizon.net
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
To: <pethier@comcast.net>; <mntriumphsgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>; <british-cars@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Virus check - no joke
In case you have been living in a cave, there is a big one
hitting tomorrow
Not to be too picky, but it "hit" 6 months ago. If you have been
infected,
your passwords and whatnot are long gone. All that happens tomorrow is
that, if you are still infected, your internet access stops working.
-- Randall
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