[TR] Virus check - no joke

[ptegler]

...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 at verizon.net
www.teglerizer.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: <pethier at comcast.net>; <mntriumphsgroup at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>; <british-cars at 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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