Hundreds of Thousands may lose internet connection

Hundreds of Thousands may lose internet connection

Are you one of the thousands that may lose your internet on July 9th? International hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers. They installed a DNS Changer on the infected computers. Although the FBI set up a safety net months ago, that system will be shut down this summer.

If you suspect you may be infected, you are encouraged to visit a website run by a security partner that will inform you as to whether or not you are infected. If you are, it will explain to you how to fix the problem. Those users who do not check their system may lose internet connection on or after July 9th.

To check and clean your computer, go to www.dcwg.org. You can also have the Malware Team at MajorGeeks check your system as well.
http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

Most likely, you want to look for the IPv4 information under the section entitled �Ethernet adapter��. Look for the �DNS Servers� line, and write down these numbers.

Why do you "write down these numbers"?

So you can easily transfer them to other machines on your network.

I set the dns server ip's in my router, and disable dns caching on my box , the only dns entry in my network adapter setting is my routers ip adress

Same here.

But the point of these checks is that viruses infects PCs not routers.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

viruses infects PCs not routers.

And Macs (at least I assume so, there's a check for OSX)

Macs are personal computers, but I assume you subscribe to the narrower defn. thereby losing a useful abbrev.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

thereby losing a useful abbrev.

But gaining a useful distinction... swings and roundabouts

An unnecessary distinction in this context. And when it is pertinent you will surely state the platform.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

Macs are personal computers

But are not Personal Computers.

In reply to a post by gomezz:

But are not Personal Computers.

Nitpick! Never said they were!

Glad you agree with the convention that upper-case "PC" is an abbrev. for lower-case "personal computer".

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

...... But the point of these checks is that viruses infects PCs not routers.

Commonly used routers with their settings left at default have also been known to be "infected". It's worth checkinng the DNS settings and while everyone is at it, changing the default login settings to something more secure.

Very true!

How did you reach that erroneous conclusion?