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It doesn't really scan it, you just click a link and it pings your IP address to make sure it's the correct one. Which is something they could do with or without you clicking on that link... Hell, X can see your IP address.
If you ping incorrectly then that's a different story though, then you gotta do the fixing and whatnot.
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Sorry about that. It was on my wife's homepage, and she forwarded it to me.interference said:
Try this one instead.
http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-thousand ... nance.html
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Thanks very much for the alternative link.X said:
So, this has to be the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If I'm to believe this story at all, which I don't, the FBI now has two DNS servers serving about 360,000 users. Therefore, the FBI determines the IP address that those users visit when those users type-in any given web-address. Hence, the FBI could easily create instructional web pages that explain to a user how to fix their problem. Say, for example, an infected user types "www.google.com".... well, the FBI could create a solution where every 5th-time a user visits "google" they get a notice that tells that user that they've been infected and that that user needs to follow the listed instructions to correct their situation.
However, what the FBI has done, or is doing, or is able to do, is to monitor all of the Internet traffic patterns of over 500,000 users (the initial amount infected) for numerous months. Now, they ask more users to visit their site... what for? It's totally unnecessary. The FBI knows exactly who is infected and has the ability to contact them and to tell them how to solve their problem. This is one stupid solution followed by another. Makes me think there's another agenda at play, because the FBI isn't stupid.
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Did your DNS re-route you? Wow. I wasn't sure anyone would fail that test. If that's what happened, I guess you can go to the site they provided. http://www.dcwg.org/fix/ (bottom of the page) . If it's a simple virus or something like that, there are tons of free removal programs out there, but I don't know what's wrong with yours.brokeu91 said:
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If anyone continues to be really concerned about this, you could just install one of the products listed in this video and rely on one of these DNS services, which should block such malware attempts at the DNS level. No need for government involvement anywhere in the process.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OY6v90BfQg[/youtube]
PS. I haven't tried any of these DNS services, so I can't comment personally.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OY6v90BfQg[/youtube]
PS. I haven't tried any of these DNS services, so I can't comment personally.
