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Originally posted by pillock
It is not a virus it is a DNS spoof
It is now 10.58 PM Monday the 9th of July here in new Zealand and all is well
take a deep breath and relax
This will only effect idiots with no antivirus / malware protection .
Look at your hosts file & check your dns settings of the adapter you use to connect to the internet
Well the time in NZ really doesn't matter. It's 11am EST. What I don't understand is, why don't the various virus/malware scanners have a fix for this?
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by Druscilla
It never ceases to amaze me how gullible people are to believing doom porn.
How could you still be amazed by it - you've been on here for 3 whole months!!
Call it the doomsday that wasn’t.
... the aftermath from the ‘Internet doomsday’ virus passed with little incident.
Originally posted by pillock
reply to post by Bilk22
Well the time in NZ really doesn't matter. It's 11am EST. What I don't understand is, why don't the various virus/malware scanners have a fix for this?
It matters because if this is a time/date bomb then a when a computer hits said time it should be activated.
I am sorry if I have spoiled your view that the whole world revolves around what time it is in the USA but there is a big old world out there
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
I'm guessing it was Anonymous who made the threat, then. They're always barking their heads off, then only nipping when it gets down to the real meat.
reply to post by alfa1
5. Conspiracy theorists go nuts.
6. Conspiracy theorists shout "the world is ending"
7. Nothing happened.