First published: 17th July 2012
In May, we reported that up to 1200 computers in Hong Kong might loose their internet connection on July 9th, along with many others around the world. Writing now, a safe time after the deadline, nothing much happened.
In a blog posting, F-Secure reports that infection numbers continue to fall and many ISPs are redirecting DNS requests for infected customers.
Yui Kee's Chief Consultant, Allan Dyer, commented, "How long should the ISPs continue redirecting? I suspect that, in most of the remaining cases, the user will only notice their machine is affected when they loose their connection."