The FBI is worried that over 350,000 computers might lose access to the Internet on July 9th,all because a Trojan, named DNSChanger, tried to disrupt how Internet-connected computers find each other.
DNSChanger belongs to a category of Internet threats known as “DNS Malware,” which by design try to reroute or otherwise manipulate Internet traffic for criminal purposes.
Domain Name System (DNS) is the global directory that allows the use of friendly names as Web addresses. DNSChanger, however, causes infected PCs to query servers that return bogus information, diverting hapless Web surfers to phoney Web sites to be victimized.
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Stories like this have a tendency to be sensationalized, but there is no reason to panic. The best course of action is to check your PC to see if it has been affected. A site, called DNS-OK.us, makes the detection process especially easy.
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Posted on 04/23/2012
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