Monday's blackout/malware-how serious is this?

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by captjacksparrow, Jul 8, 2012.

  1. captjacksparrow

    captjacksparrow Private E-2

    I don't quite understand all the news about this so called blackout. I understand that there are programs to use that the FBI is offering from their website. (I am hesitant to use those!)

    What is the big deal and is it really going to cause major outages for people and businesses?

    It seems to me that as soon as a virus is found and destroyed, the next hacker(country) puts out another one.

    My husband told me to just unplug the computer on Monday. He knows as much about this as I do.

    IF it is a major threat, wouldn't my company(Time Warner Cable) be doing it's best to protect the consumers? Or again, am I expecting too much from the company.

    Thanks for any suggestions or support.
     
    captjacksparrow, Jul 8, 2012
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  2. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    They were not programs to install. They were just websites you could have gone to test that you did not have one of the DNS type infections that could cause you to loose access, one the fake DNS servers are totally decomissioned. If your PC is not having a problem accessing the internet now then you are okay.

     For any one infected, yes.

         Would not have changed anything. It is not an infection that was due to hit on that day. It was an infection that may have been on many PCs for a long time and that people were not aware of. And when the FBI takes down the DNS servers that were previously used by hackers, you would loose your ability to connect because your DNS server would not exist anymore.
    No! They would have to fix everyone's PC that has the infection and is connected to their network. They could have sent you email telling you how to properly setup your DNS servers, but if you have an infection still present, it would reset the IPs back to the now non-existent DNS servers. You need to remove the infection and ISPs do not do this. Not for free anyway.
     
    chaslang, Jul 10, 2012
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  3. captjacksparrow

    captjacksparrow Private E-2

    Back to say thank you for replying. We did not have a problem, and hopefully never will. Our cable company did not send out emails regarding the possibility of the malware and that would have been a nice gesture on their part, plus that would make the costumers aware of something if anything they should do.

    As for the government, I don't know if they jumped the gun(again) or if their informants/chatterers had the wrong info.

    Scary part of this that so many lives depend on computers these days. The financial,military and the medical disasters...I truly hope that my country is prepared for that should it ever truly happen.

    I was around for the 1965 Northeast black out...No malware to worry about then but those dang Martians and their UFO's made such a big mess that day! ;);)
     
    captjacksparrow, Jul 11, 2012
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  4. chaslang

    chaslang MajorGeeks Admin - Master Malware Expert Staff Member

    roflmao
     
    chaslang, Jul 13, 2012
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