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By lance on July 5, 2012 12:05 PM | 21 Comments

CIRA's (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) online tool to check if your machine is infected.

Just a note, this thing is supposed to go live on Monday. It affects Windows, Mac's and routers with the default settings.

Do yourself a favour and check your box at the CIRA link.

21 Comments

Eli | July 5, 2012 12:28 PM | Reply

Save yourself the trouble, and install BIND9('nix understanding required), or use a public DNS service like OpenDNS, or AfraidDNS, FreeDNS, or GoogleDNS.

Daniel Ream | July 5, 2012 12:35 PM | Reply

Eli, none of that will help given the way this particular malware works.

Aldeology | July 5, 2012 12:39 PM | Reply

It's not that it "Goes Live" tomorrow, its that the ISC were contacted by the FBI and put up a shim server such that people infected wouldn't notice the problem. ISC is pulling the plug on the server tomorrow, since it was never supposed to be an infinite thing, and that the FBI would use the information gathered by the ISC to allow ISPs time to inform their infected userbase to get clean.

It was originally called Operation Ghostclick

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911/

Mike in Calgary | July 5, 2012 1:22 PM | Reply

Perhaps you mean:

"to check if *your* machine is infected."

Justthinkin | July 5, 2012 1:23 PM | Reply

Green. TKS Lance

rob | July 5, 2012 1:58 PM | Reply

Use this link. It is safe and easy(just takes you to a news site. read the article and decide.)

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120705/D9VQJTNO0.html

marco | July 5, 2012 2:02 PM | Reply

Let me fix that headline for you: CIRA and Public Safety Canada Do Something Useful

rob | July 5, 2012 2:12 PM | Reply

this is from the NP http://www.dcwg.org/

Same thing.

lance | July 5, 2012 2:13 PM | Reply

Indeed I did Mike, thanks.

peter | July 5, 2012 3:24 PM | Reply

I regularly use trendmicro housecall and its doesn't scare me away like ths one's legal disclaimer...any geeks out here know what's up with this?

marc in calgary | July 5, 2012 3:47 PM | Reply

Thanks for that lance.
Quick and easy, does what it says it does, and free, nice.

I use the "Kaspersky One" set of tools too. Staples (a Bain Capital funded company.) had it on sale for 50% of its normal retail a few weeks ago.

Knight 99 | July 5, 2012 4:38 PM | Reply

Thanx - Green.

small c conservative | July 5, 2012 5:18 PM | Reply

Thank you, Lance!

Black Mamba | July 5, 2012 5:44 PM | Reply

Thanks Lance. Green.

peter - I'm not TechnoNerdGenius (I can barely turn the thing on), but that disclaimer seems just to be asking you to promise not to steal the technology or something. I don't think your personal data or firstborn children are at stake in any way.

syncrodox | July 5, 2012 6:00 PM | Reply

Thanks also Lance...a rare case where going green is a good thing...

NeoLuddite | July 5, 2012 9:58 PM | Reply

Public Safety Canada's advisory is typically bureaucratic - complex, confusing and of little help. Better to ask the community for help - answers are short and to the point.

a different bob | July 5, 2012 10:35 PM | Reply

My computer is clean. If that has anything to do with the fact that Norton is my protection then I highly recommend Norton.

Thanks Kate & Lance for this heads-up. Great service to your readers.

peterj | July 5, 2012 11:50 PM | Reply

Thanks lance. Doesn't get any simpler than that.

Barry | July 6, 2012 7:01 AM | Reply

Thanks! All clear here at home.

Mikewa | July 6, 2012 12:21 PM | Reply

Thank you Lance. Much appreciated.

Edward Teach | July 6, 2012 1:52 PM | Reply

Just run your own dam DNS server... :D

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