Slyrox, I cant believe you sent this hoax message. Everyone that clicked on that link now have their IP address registered. Even, if its a genuine FBI website, the big brother can now see you!

this has certainly made the job very easy, whether for^GOOD or _BAD ...
Their wide-wild EYE is now spreadin lyk wild fire

.....shakin my head in utter disgust!

HOW ARE YOU GUYS SHOW THE FBI ARE NOT THE HACKERS TRYING TO MONITOR/HACK PEOPLES ACTIVITY BY ASKING THEM TO VERIFY IF THEIR COMPUTER IS NOT INFECTED, HOW ARE YOU GUYS SHOW THE VERIFICATION PROCESS IS NOT ACTUALLY THE INFECTION PROCESS....THINK BEFORE YOU ACT, DON'T ACT BEFORE YOU THINK!

Thanks for the info......but,I think I'll wait and see what happens......what if you got your info from one of those cloned sites......am just saying.....

i will have to suspend my internet subscription dis month ending

DNS resolution or not . .
You're still gonna be able to browse on the said date/moth or whatever.

I, mxxpunkxx, would never visit any site to resolve my DNS to avoid/remove existing malwares.
That's why am a certified malicious hacker.

Afterall, I create malwares.
So?

pls nairalander help me, i bought nokia 500 symbian but my problem is dat my megabytes finish too fast, even my credit runs out, i close all applications but without browsing all my credit runs everytime pls wat should i do, pls good advise only thanks

denzel2009: Slyrox, I cant believe you sent this hoax message. Everyone that clicked on that link now have their IP address registered. Even, if its a genuine FBI website, the big brother can now see you!

Have their IP address registered? Bro what are you saying? We are talking about the Big Brother here. .They have absolute control over the happenings of the interwebs. .

They don't need to come up with a site before they can "see you", just like you said. .

It's like shielding your Outlook mails from your Network Administrator when he can always reset your password and login into your account. .

BTW I never forced no one to click on nothing. .

Kindly ignore this thread if you feel it's a scam!

Slyr0x:

Have their IP address registered? Bro what are you saying? We are talking about the Big Brother here. .They have absolute control over the happenings of the interwebs. .

They don't need to come up with a site before they can "see you", just like you said. .

It's like shielding your Outlook mails from your Network Administrator when he can always reset your password and login into your account. .

BTW I never forced no one to click on nothing. .

Kindly ignore this thread if you feel it's a scam!

Come on I didn't mean it as a scam. It's just not possible for people lose internet connection like that na. Last resort, you reformat your computer and reconnect.

I knew d story will be ugly,imagine people loosing internet service till the world end because of one july 9..hahahahah big lie.if u are scared dont connect ur computer to the on that day.internet for life..wait self even if ur system were affected,cant u reformat,reinstall os n start all over again..i talk like a computer layman

denzel2009:

Come on I didn't mean it as a scam. It's just not possible for people lose internet connection like that na. Last resort, you reformat your computer and reconnect.

Bro, you need to read this http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-thousands-may-lose-internet-july-181324701--finance.html

Slyr0x:

Bro, you need to read this

hmmmnnm, I see...

Awesome newsm nonthelessn I buy the arguments of those who think this is some kinda bigger scam to get ppl. I mean, if them "big brothers" can help out with providing tools to protect after scanning ur systemn why then can't they protect the servers entirely from the hakers. Why can't they sell them so called super anti malware sw to the antivirus companies (we trust) to help us? This is sure some kinda way of getting to the larger world. It's sure what I will do if I'm a hacker. Sell u some crippy idea, u fall for then I take the super lead. Perhars, the FBI ain't even got a damn hand in this shit. Maybe some cool dudes worked up a website to mimick the original. Well, may opinion, may choice. Worst happens, I sure will locate ma windows 7 installer and smile on.

This is just the plan of fbi if u instal dat software dude dem go know everytin u dey do online...and for the hackin a world renowen group of hackers are responsible which naija is a member thet are called --anonymous www.twitter.com/Anon_nigeria

Thanks for the info: useful and helpful

mxxpunkxx: DNS resolution or not . .
You're still gonna be able to browse on the said date/moth or whatever.

I, mxxpunkxx, would never visit any site to resolve my DNS to avoid/remove existing malwares.
That's why am a certified malicious hacker.

Afterall, I create malwares.
So?

SMH...its like a auto-mechanic that doesn't know what a spanner is! You say you are certified in the hack-tricks, and yet you don't know about this exploit?

erniok: This info is all over the net except on FBI site. So how trustworthy is it?

There's a nifty feature called "search" on the FBI site. A quick search, with criteria "9 July" gives the full statement here: FBI Shuts Down Clean Servers

nobody owns the internet not even the Great Apex. Not to talk of the fBI and the CIA.

Mtcheeeeeew This is so dumb, So FBI are now the world expert.......Tell me who are they decieving

Mine is showing GREEN. I am all good to go!

This just goes to show how stupid people can be....

No official statement from the FBI about anything. You are all doing what you are told to do because the FBI name was mentioned.

What if this so called test is been championed by the hackers themselves... and you are only harming your PC by your own self..

Gullible people....

REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY actually works very well.

SMH, the psyche of the average Nigerian: we feel too "smart".

At the tip of your fingertips is the internet, why don't you google this information out and see if its true or not? This exploit has been known for years!!

Let me break it down a bit:
1. No, the internet isn't going to be shut down!
2. No, the US/FBI don't solely control the internet. There is a consortium (nations and professional bodies) that issue "standards" and the name resolutions

Any government, in a country with properly routed internet access, can effectively "flip the switch" to the internet in its region (eg: China, Iran, Egypt have done it before and are currently filtering access rights to its citizenry)

Back to the topic on ground: Internet works with what is known as "name resolution" where you can type in, say "www.nairaland.com" from anywhere and you system gets to access the contents off a server located in Seun's backyard. How does your system know where to find Seun's servers? This question is answered by "Name Servers" (DNS: Domain Name Servers), where all server addresses are registered. There are thousands of "authenticated DNS servers" globally.

However, some miscreants/hackers whipped up a " DNSchanger vrius" that re-routes requests from infected machines to their own Name servers. Thus, say when you want to access "www.nairaland.com" from an infected PC, it sends you to their own server, where they can poison your request and/or steal your information and/or pipe web ads to you (ultimately raking in cash for them).

What the FBI is doing is shutting down these "rogue Name servers" run by the hackers....thus, if your system is infected (note that infected systems will ALWAYS send internet requests to these servers), you won't have access to the internet anymore once they are shutdown.

Security firms such as Symantec, Kaspersky and a host of others, even the FBI, have developed free removal tools for this virus...Here's the link to the FBI's own: DNS Checker Page

In summary, INTERNET ACCESS ON ONLY INFECTED SYSTEMS WOULD BE EFFECTIVELY SHUTDOWN! Millions of computer are infected and they dont even know they are!!!
Google it up...its no hoax!

Here, links to Symantec (the vendor of Norton antivirus) on the issue:
1. DNSChanger Fraud Ring Busted
2. DNS Changer

Atleast, this is a security firm of international repute. (but I still bet some peeps would feel its just a marketing ploy)

^^^ Thanks bro for the explanation. .

No Wahala. Just format every infected system since it's just Τ̲̅ђe OS that was affected.

@ maleeq: My first post referred to the site posted by the op. All the evidences from FBI site (https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS) are a DIY stuff. Nowhere was there any info directing you to do it online. No one is saying that there's no malware but did FBI say the testing should be online?

erniok: @ maleeq: My first post referred to the site posted by the op. All the evidences from FBI site (https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS) are a DIY stuff. Nowhere was there any info directing you to do it online. No one is saying that there's no malware but did FBI say the testing should be online?

Are you sure you went through the FBI Site at all?

on-code:
HOW ARE YOU GUYS SHOW THE FBI ARE NOT THE HACKERS TRYING TO MONITOR/HACK PEOPLES ACTIVITY BY ASKING THEM TO VERIFY IF THEIR COMPUTER IS NOT INFECTED, HOW ARE YOU GUYS SHOW THE VERIFICATION PROCESS IS NOT ACTUALLY THE INFECTION PROCESS....THINK BEFORE YOU ACT, DON'T ACT BEFORE YOU THINK!

I SECOND THAT BROV
MOST HUMANS WONT USE THEIR HEAD

Are you guys seriously joking? This could be the hackers geting you to plug your system onto their servers. Wake up guys. don't just jump into every sea.

Maleeq:
SMH...its like a auto-mechanic that doesn't know what a spanner is! You say you are certified in the hack-tricks, and yet you don't know about this exploit?


There's a nifty feature called "search" on the FBI site. A quick search, with criteria "9 July" gives the full statement here: FBI Shuts Down Clean Servers

And who says I don't know about the exploit?
Or shall we perform a little demonstration?, if you please?

mxxpunkxx:

And who says I don't know about the exploit?
Or shall we perform a little demonstration?, if you please?

I agree you should do a little demonstration....

First person to germinate seun's bald head wins!