Virus "Doomsday Internet" Threatens the World
As many as a quarter of a million computer users around the world face the risk of losing access to the Internet on Monday (9/7). These threats posed by malicious software group of hackers who paralyzed the U.S. government last November.
Some news reports and blog scene is talking about the risk of interference, warned of potential "darkness" and described the device as a malicious virus Alureon "Doomsday Internet".
Even so, experts say only a handful of computer users at risk, and Internet providers will be contacted to immediately restore their services.
The experts said they thought the threat was small compared with other, more virulent viruses such as Zeus and SpyEye - that strikes millions of personal computers (PCs) and used to perform financial fraud.
Until this week, as many as 245,000 computers around the world still have a virus Alureon and "brother", said computer security company, Deteque, as reported by Reuters on Friday (6/7) afternoon. That number includes the 45 355 computers in the United States.
The virus is designed to divert Internet traffic flows through the red DNS server that is controlled by criminals, the FBI said. DNS server is a computer interface board that directs network traffic.
When the authorities shut down a red servers, a federal judge in New York ordered that the server while it is operated while the victim machine repaired. The server will be shut down temporarily on at 12:01 Eastern U.S. time on Monday. That means the PC is attacked and has not been repaired no longer can connect to the Internet.
Most of Internet service providers, including AT & T and Timer Warner Cable, has made a temporary arrangement so that their customers will be able to gain access to the Internet by using DNS server addresses in red.
Information on how to identify and clean up the virus can be found on the website that was founded by a group of security companies and other experts: http://www.dcwg.org.
"It's very easy to fix," said Gunter Ollmann, VP of Security Research for Damballa. "There are many tools available."
Many machines that are infected may not be actively used because most victims are informed of the issue, said a computer security expert Johannes Ullrich, who runs the Internet Storm Center - which monitors network threats.
The United States has demanded seven people for committing fraud on the Internet worldwide. Six people were arrested in Estonia, while the seventh - who lives in Russia, are still at large.
So far, Tallinn has extradite two people to New York - where they were presented in Manhattan federal court
Virus "Doomsday Internet" Threatens the World
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As many as a quarter of a million computer users around the world face the risk of losing access to the Internet on Monday (9/7). These threats posed by malicious software group of hackers who paralyzed the U.S. government last November.
Some news reports and blog scene is talking about the risk of interference, warned of potential "darkness" and described the device as a malicious virus Alureon "Doomsday Internet".
Even so, experts say only a handful of computer users at risk, and Internet providers will be contacted to immediately restore their services.
The experts said they thought the threat was small compared with other, more virulent viruses such as Zeus and SpyEye - that strikes millions of personal computers (PCs) and used to perform financial fraud.
Until this week, as many as 245,000 computers around the world still have a virus Alureon and "brother", said computer security company, Deteque, as reported by Reuters on Friday (6/7) afternoon. That number includes the 45 355 computers in the United States.
The virus is designed to divert Internet traffic flows through the red DNS server that is controlled by criminals, the FBI said. DNS server is a computer interface board that directs network traffic.
When the authorities shut down a red servers, a federal judge in New York ordered that the server while it is operated while the victim machine repaired. The server will be shut down temporarily on at 12:01 Eastern U.S. time on Monday. That means the PC is attacked and has not been repaired no longer can connect to the Internet.
Most of Internet service providers, including AT & T and Timer Warner Cable, has made a temporary arrangement so that their customers will be able to gain access to the Internet by using DNS server addresses in red.
Information on how to identify and clean up the virus can be found on the website that was founded by a group of security companies and other experts: http://www.dcwg.org.
"It's very easy to fix," said Gunter Ollmann, VP of Security Research for Damballa. "There are many tools available."
Many machines that are infected may not be actively used because most victims are informed of the issue, said a computer security expert Johannes Ullrich, who runs the Internet Storm Center - which monitors network threats.
The United States has demanded seven people for committing fraud on the Internet worldwide. Six people were arrested in Estonia, while the seventh - who lives in Russia, are still at large.
So far, Tallinn has extradite two people to New York - where they were presented in Manhattan federal court
Virus "Doomsday Internet" Threatens the World
