Storm, is it a big enemy or a rogue?

Feng Xin, CEO of storm audio and video, has been sleeping for the last half month. This will start half a month ago.

On the evening of October May 18, a series of data streams on the Chinese Internet began to flow in the same direction. The DNSpod server, which provides domain name resolution services for many websites, has suffered an unprecedented blow. Domain Name requests over 10 Gbps attack the data center like crazy. Considering that the tasks undertaken by the data center are not just these services, the management personnel have to take these groups of servers offline.

The second wave of attacks continued on the evening of October May 19. These requests come from the same client, but are installed on terminals of nearly half of Internet users in China. Yes, it's storm.

Within two hours, DNS servers in more than 10 provinces and cities in China were paralyzed. From that night on, Feng Xin's sleep quality began to suffer serious problems.

You know, if you want to attack the Data Center of China Telecom Network and paralyze it for two hours, it is not what hackers can do. However, China Telecom's network infrastructure is even stronger, and it cannot withstand attacks of 0.28 billion violent audio and video users. As a result, it is paralyzed.

This is the case, but someone has done something wrong.

For example, online users who turn on their computers to watch movies with storm audio and video that night. They are the direct initiators of Internet attacks, but they do not know that they are doing this great job. DNSpod and storm audio and video developers are also listed in the industry.

In fact, DNSpod only did what he should do-the server was attacked and had to be turned off. However, the problem is that these servers are still responsible for domain name resolution of storm videos and videos. However, if it is bad, It is a storm of audio and video. If it is said that he is wronged, it is not necessarily true.

This has led to a serious disaster.

 

As a storm video user, I used to prefer this software. Since the use of storm audio and video, you no longer need to look for decoder and multimedia playback software because of File Format incompatibility issues.

However, I began to dislike it again.

Because there are always some advertisements that appear when I am reluctant and will be clicked accidentally. At this time, I always feel forced. This is no different from rogue software a few years ago. Despite the vigorous rectification by Comrade Zhou Hongyi, the number of rogue software practitioners has been significantly reduced, but the increasing number of hooligans is overwhelming.

So I went to consult professionals. The answer is: "No way, because it is a rogue software, unless you don't need it !"

Fortunately, I know the 360 security guard, the nemesis of rogue software. When I was excited about opening 360 security guard, I was surprised by its "List of Essential installed software", which was the first such thing as storm audio and video.

Later, a professional told me: "After several revisions of storm audio and video, the background of the client is running countless mysterious threads. These threads are working hard, it is to download the advertisement from the storm's website, and then let you click it when you are not careful. At the same time, it is constantly accessing the domain name resolution server, so that these ads are placed separately, so that 'customers' investment can play a value '."

So there is the first scene. The storm client could not find its own domain name resolution server and began to send a storm-like request to the telecom Domain Name Server.

 

Someone must be happy when the storm suffers.

For example, KMPlayer (maybe this old man does not know that such a thing is happening in China), such as QQ audio and video. The storm, which occupies the vast majority of the market share, finally encountered an unprecedented crisis. After this incident, the criticism was heard, and the market share of the storm began to drop sharply. You know, even a few percent drop in the market is a huge success for its competitors, because the market is too large, otherwise it will not make the country's China Telecom unable to afford it. In the face of such an opportunity, it is time for happy people to take action!

At the same time, some users who have a little understanding of the Internet and software are also very happy. Seeing that the fallen storm is finally getting into trouble, it's really amazing. This also includes our generation.

Of course, there are also some who fall into the rocks.

As early as May 2, an announcement from the 360 security center "360 security center provided a temporary solution for 0-day violent audio and video vulnerabilities" began, and the old partner of this storm began to be anxious. The treasure that is dedicated to fighting with rogue software quietly removes the storm audio and video from its "essential installation" list, a post in the May 21 Security Center community in 360.

In fact, the relationship between storm and 360 has always been good. The two families were originally one. After the storm received a huge investment, it stepped into the abyss step by step. However, the Qihoo, which is intended to be one-size-fits-all with rogue software, not only does not mean to stop the evil actions of the storm, but actually helps the brothers. With the help of 360 security guard's "essential installation" platform, the storm continues his operations. This makes us wonder if there are any odd examples in the storm's investment background?

However, it's a big deal, and it's hard for you, bro. At this time, we will not break through, but when will we wait?

 

It should be noted that the software that is still running rogue should also be careful. For example, express.

This reminds us of many sayings: Good, good, and evil.

If you do not really want to think more about the Internet software products, you will be finished sooner or later. Today's storm is not over yet, but it is obvious that if Feng always moves along this track, he will have to rest and have a good sleep in the future.