(CNN) — It’s been impossible to go online or turn on a TV Monday without seeing all the breathless chatter about the “Doomsday” for the Internet, when hundreds of thousands of people were expected to abruptly lose their connection to the world’s computer brain. But what caused the “Malware Monday” panic, and is it really [...]
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A sober-minded guide to Internet ‘Doomsday’
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012A sober-minded guide to Internet ‘Doomsday’
Tuesday, July 10th, 2012(CNN) — It’s been impossible to go online or turn on a TV Monday without seeing all the breathless chatter about the “Doomsday” for the Internet, when hundreds of thousands of people were expected to abruptly lose their connection to the world’s computer brain. But what caused the “Malware Monday” panic, and is it really [...]
Thousands could lose internet access July 9 due to virus
Thursday, July 5th, 2012On July 9, thousands of Canadians and hundreds of thousands of people worldwide could be without access to the internet after the FBI shuts down temporary DNS servers used to assist victims of a massive internet fraud ring. All computers that still use these servers will meet a virtual brick wall on July 9 and [...]
Switching email from Windows to Mac
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012Q. I’m switching computers from a Windows Vista PC to a Macintosh, and I need to move my emails from Microsoft Windows Mail to the Mac. I want to use a flash drive to transfer the emails, but I’ve been having problems trying to export or copy the files from Windows Mail. Any thoughts? Cyndy [...]
Internet blackout looms for 300K DNSChanger-infected computers
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012Internet blackout looms for 300K DNSChanger-infected computers By William Jackson Jun 20, 2012 Less than three weeks before the deadline for taking clean DNSChanger servers offline for good hundreds of thousands of computers still are using the servers for DNS queries and face the risk of being cut off from the Internet July 9. The [...]
MarkMonitor Offers New gTLD Application Database
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012MarkMonitor®, the global leader in enterprise brand protection, has announced the availability of a free generic top-level domain (gTLD) database designed to help brands understand the impact of the new gTLD applications. Users of the database can quickly sift through data provided by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to identify applications [...]
MarkMonitor Offers New gTLD Application Database
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012MarkMonitor®, the global leader in enterprise brand protection, has announced the availability of a free generic top-level domain (gTLD) database designed to help brands understand the impact of the new gTLD applications. Users of the database can quickly sift through data provided by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to identify applications [...]
On Computers: Check for the Trojan horse virus before July 9
Tuesday, June 12th, 2012You’ll be shocked, you’ll be awed and, hopefully, you’ll be under whelmed. What if a Trojan horse automatically redirected all of our Internet addresses to rogue sites? It already happened in 4 million computers worldwide, and it is continuing. On July 9, the FBI will order a shutdown of all domain name servers in the [...]
A bigger threat than ‘no Internet’ is a DNS changer malware undetected
Saturday, June 9th, 2012According to a recent FoxNews report, last November the federal government set up an operation to shut down a particular DNS changer malware (which would have allowed the cyber criminals to redirect web searches to bogus sites where they would collect personal data for ID theft, and/or solicit payments for bogus services), but did not [...]
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BBB Tip of the Week: Be suspicious – The Spokesman
Sunday, June 24th, 2012Story Comments ‘); $(“#content-tool-box-”+tool_name).jqm({trigger:this,overlay:20}); } }); }); • Age of Reason? Try age of suspicion. There is such a thing as carrying a conspiracy theory too far. I recently blogged on www.bbb.org about Domain Name System changer malware. According to the FBI, lots of American computers have been infected with this virus. If you don’t get rid of it before July [...]