Hundreds of thousands may lose web access July 9 due to virus

July 9 is the day thousands of PCs (and Macs) infected with DNSChanger will lose their ability to surf the web. Although the virus was introduced in 2007, according to the DCWG's data, as many as 500,000 computers may still…

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bummer....

is the dns-ok.us site timing out for everyone else?

good business

It was fine this morning. foxnews had this info then, so maybe more people are testing now. keep trying

Never mind, it worked now

oh noes...y2k all over again...wut wheel we dooooo?

It's not the same thing, *****. This is something that's actually real. Did you even read the article?

If dns-ok.us times out, does that mean we're infected?

well, noone will miss these users, they deserve it !!! stop being stupid !

There is a difference between stupidity and ignorance.

Ignorance is not being educated in how to prevent this type of situation.

Stupidity is your posting.

On the windows essentials, you need to have windows update run every day to keep your antivir up to date. Avira for me is legend!

That is cause MS updates the definitions whenever a new virus is added, the updates are usually small and quickly done. BTW I think it's a good thing to check your virus definitions as often as possible and that releasing updates should be done as often as well and MS does this very well. Virus update on Friday is no help when the definition is added on Wednesday and your comp gets infected on Thursday.

@Mantrhax\

Im sorry not everyone who has a computer understands it inside and out like you must. Its not needed for the general consumer. Much like a car, there is no need to fully understand how an internal combustion engine works in order to drive.
If anything....be happy that this horrible situation might help the economy. Most ppl will try and "fix" the computer themselves, however around 30-40% will just say screw it and buy a new PC.

Woo Hoo, more Internet for me!!

Thank you for the reminder TS. And for the check tools ofc
I assume that the most victims will be mac users, due to 'no viruses on mac' believe.
Not to mention the total ignorance that I have to face with that kind of.

"slick" "fast" "apps" - thats was some of the expressions, that my friend used in therms how his dell (oldy I-core 7/W7) vs iPad2

after all hi was a victim of backdoor trojan cos of a bad 'user' habitats (the victim is the Dell, MSE 24/7 running)

this kind of ppl never learn
and we will surfer like... forever?

or just take em away

Wow, sensationalism much?

cant help but wonder what the real agenda is here with all the BS
we all know what the GOV. is capable of

Good news.