March 8 D-Day for DNSChanger Infected PCs > 2 much power for the feds just to use the kill switch

2 much power for the feds just to use the kill switch

Did you even read the summary? Or the articles linked to? Or have an idea what this article is about form a technical standpoint? Those are all rhetorical questions as the answer is pretty apparent.

The FBI isn't shutting down the internet. This isn't a kill switch. This has nothing to do with Obama. A trojan was written that changed your DNS server to a rogue server. The people that wrote the trojan were apprehended and the bot net was shut down. However the "damage" of the DNS settings had already happened to many servers. The powers that be could have just shut down the DNS servers back two months ago. However that would have left anyone affected with an internet connection that didn't work as the DNS settings were no longer valid. So the FBI setup a clean DNS server(s) to respond to requests to that there wouldn't be a massive problem with hundreds of thousands of computers suddenly without internet access.

Time has run out for those temporary DNS servers without further court approval. If the servers get shut down, then all those computers that should have been worked on the past two months will have problems. The temporary servers at best bought people time to clean their machines. At worst, it just delayed the inevitable problems. The two month delay got companies through the holidays, end of 4th quarter and year end financials, and publicity has gotten out there for corporate IT departments and perhaps ISPs to inform their users about the issue and appropriate measures.

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@ cdru yes I read all the stories about it and your just a other blind person who dont see whats happening here. Come on wake up please.

Just think about it the dang thing probably been around for ages and now they just bring it up since the SOPA/PIPA/ACTA bill didnt pass so they have to do make something else up to cover up there BS lies what they really want to do.

Seriously go search the net and really read up on what this whole thing is about and get back to me and then tell me what I am trying to say.

Also go ahead call me the crazy one or say I am one of these conspiracy freaks but dont coming back say I didnt tell you so.....

Why don't you just clean the trojan off of your computer and then this won't affect you? You're not talking conspiracy theories, you're talking techno-babble.

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Or maybe people can just...I don't know...run Malwarebytes, clean this junk off their computers, and be done with it.

I absolutely agree that the government has been doing some pretty scary things, but this isn't one of them. Just my opinion here, but you'll do the cause of fighting that a lot more good if you discuss the real issues and not the things that don't matter, since, if you keep going off on tangents like this, people will start to tune out the actual threats.

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The real question is there a real threat here? I dont think there really is I think its just bunch of government BS going on here. Intill I see it in person which I probably wont because the Feds will use the internet kill switch before then I will still think its government BS just to use the internet kill switch for one day to show how serious they can be if you want to use the internet for your free speech against them. Just like how Iran and China and Syria is doing against there own people. I think US is now the next one in line for it by using this DNS virus attack crap to cover there real thinking is.

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Well you must be really blind to search the net then please go search the net and come back and tell me what you find @ Camelot One

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Alright man thanks for your unlacking searching time thanks for your laughing time... But seriously its the truth.

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Dude Im embarrassed for you.

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@ flatline I really dont care if you are. Call me crazy like I said before obviously you guys are just 2 blind to see what is really going down.

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WTF, I think you need to read the article before commenting.
They shut down a virus and set up a legit DNS to replace the virus DNS. When the shut down the legit DNS all those users will not be able to surf the web anymore.

Anyways in my opinion they should never have set up a DNS to replace the virus DNS. They should just have shut down the virus DNS to stop the stupid users from surfing the internet with their infected PCs. Why would those stupid users fix their computers if they dont see anything wrong?

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They should have just shut it down, and made the retards who got this botnet infection deal with it.