Virus alert

[David]

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Thousands-may-lose-internet-in-July-20120420

I dont know if this is even the correct place to post this but Im sure it will be moved if its not,Recieved this a while ago and I know its a genuine alert but I am not sure if it hasnt already been here

But to be on the safe side

[Simon]

Hopefully most users will be well protected.

Thanks for the info, David. 

[Rik]

Good to know, David, time to go check.

[David]

It came from an IT consultant who is a good friend so know its kosher 

[Rik]

Is it Halal though? 

[Glenn]

Not from that part of London.

[David]

  I should have known better 

[David]

Not from that part of London.

indeed Glenn 

[.Griff.]

News24 obviously haven't been keeping up with the news..

This was first discussed back in January - http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/malware/293327-will-your-browser-go-dark-on-march-8 - when they predicted it would strike on March 8th. That was subsequently changed on March 7th to July 9th - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401227,00.asp

Finally for those concerned check the status of your DNS entries here - https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS

[David]

Belt and braces man me since becoming part of the family here 

[Technical Ben]

I wonder if this was similar to the one I had a while back. I had DNS replies returning advertising websites all of a sudden. Nothing fixed it, no scans showed any trouble. Thankfully I had a backup to a week/month before and that was clean.