Internet Shutdown on July 9th 2012 ?

FBI is shutting down dns changer malware servers on 9th July. You may permanently loose your internet access. Please read the full report  in order to save your self from Internet Shutdown 2012.

No Facebook Friends, No YouTube videos, No Twitting & Boring nights

Yeah ! you read it right. You probably will loose your access to internet on 9th July 2012 (forever). This is no way a scam. It was announced by FBI. So, you wanna know the reason behind this ?

Ok, here it goes.

Nearly four million computer are affected by a dangerous malware. The malware, if in your PC will control the Domain Name servings for your computer.  FBI busted this very operation last year. Alas ! millions of systems were already infected by then. So, the FBI took a decision to run the DNS Changer Servers themselves and guide the systems to correct paths. But, they recently announced that they won’t be serving this anymore and would switch those servers off, for ever on 9th July.

check if your system is infected by DNS changer worm. Go to http://www.dns-ok.us

Follow these steps in order to ensure that you don’t loose your access to internet on 9th July.

Some preventives first :

•     The first thing you want to do is make a backup of all of your important files. You might go to a computer store or shop online for a portable hard drive and copy all of your files onto that drive.
•     Either you or a computer professional that you rely upon and trust should follow the “self help” malware clean up guides listed below. The goal is to remove the malware and recover your PC from the control of the criminals that distributed it. If you were already thinking of upgrading to a new computer, now may be a good time to make the switch.
•     Once you have a clean PC, follow instructions for ensuring that your DNS settings are correct. If you’re not using a new PC, you’ll want to check that your computer’s DNS settings are not still using the DNS Changer DNS servers. We hope to have some of our own instructions soon. Until then, the instructions and screen shots found in step 2 at http://opendns.com/dns-changer are quite good if you want to manually set your DNS settings. You also have the option to return to using your ISP-provided automatic settings by choosing the “automatically” option (Windows) or deleting any DNS servers listed (MacOS).
•     After you have fixed your computer, you will want to look at any home router you’re using and make sure they automatically use DNS settings provided by the ISP. We’ll have a document for this soon.
•     Changing DNS is only one of the functions of the malware kits. The malware could have been used for capturing keystrokes or acting as a proxy for traffic to sensitive sites like bank accounts or social media. It would be a good idea to check your bank statements and credit reports as well as change passwords on any online accounts especially saved passwords from your applications or web browsers.