amym505 said:
Thanks for the clarification. Is it true that if people are using these servers, and they have not checked their computers and changed to their default servers, that they will not have internet service after 7/9/12?
You got it, sort of. Your internet service won't cease to function but you won't be able to browse web pages. If you connected a non-infected computer to the internet connection or there are computers on your network that aren't infected they will still work. Anything that does not rely on Fully Qualified Domain Names such as Google.com (or anything with a .org, .com etc) will work. Mainly internet phone services, ICQ, AIM and those types of applications. Also anything relying on other protocols not IP should work as well, but thats getting REALLY into the deep crevices of networking.
If you are concerned about being infected:
Click Start then run, type in CMD and hit enter on XP and earlier
Click the widnows icon and type CMD into the "start search" box and click cmd.exe in the listing on Vista and Windows 7
at the prompt type in IPCONFIG /all the press enter
see attachment
you will get a report similar to this:
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82567LM Gigabit Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : --
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:13:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:13:58 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Secondary WINS Server . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
0.0.0.0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
In red are the DNS server addresses you will need to check (sorry had to edit mine, work wouldn't appreciate that!)
A note that if you are using a router and your DNS is 192.168.(0,1 or 2).(something) you may need to log into the router and check those settings. Refer to the router documentation to check there. Yes the virus is able to infect routers.
go here to check your DNS settings.
https://forms.fbi.gov/check-to-see-if-your-computer-is-using-rogue-DNS