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Dnschanger Doomsday Threat Fizzled--just As It Should Have
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veeblefetzer 
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 03:49 AM
I don't understand why the FBI set up their own servers in the first place. If they had just shut down the rogue servers, all of the affected people would have discovered they had no internet access and would then have had to clear up the problems on their computers, just like others who get viruses or have other connectivity problems. Big deal.
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ThanhDongVo
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 06:07 AM
please give me a link to test my computer!
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 09:22 AM
Thankfully someone was on the case and discovered the problem before it became a REAL problem.. They kept those servers running to give everyone who was infected a chance to cure it before it really knocked them off the internet. The effect was negligible and a very small percentage either didn't bother to check if they were unaffected or just didn't get the word. The threat is over for this time but I'm sure there are many out there that have so far eluded detection.
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 11:57 AM
The same thing happened with conficker, and PCW is as guilty as any for taking advantage of the unnecessary panic. You know what happens when you "cry wolf" too often...
90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 04:46 AM
I'm just glad it didn't hit me but I do a weekly in-depth maintenance schedule & friends at FaceBook suggested the DNS-OK.ca & I did a week B4 it was going to hit. best to warn us first & thnx FBI for the warning!!
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 09:40 AM
ronin7752, on 10 July 2012 - 11:57 AM, said:
The same thing happened with conficker, and PCW is as guilty as any for taking advantage of the unnecessary panic. You know what happens when you "cry wolf" too often...
Thanks to PCW, I found out about it last month and it gave me plenty of time to test all my Old PCs and laptops.
Unlike the news media gave everyone... 1 WEEK notice! Thats a FAIL in my book.
So THANK YOU PC WORLD!
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