Don't Lose the Internet in July! FBI Repeats DNSChanger Warning

[GroundZero3]

Don't Lose the Internet in July! FBI Repeats DNSChanger Warning | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

If you've still got DNSChanger on your computer, you could be in for a frustrating summer. The FBI has repeated a warning that as many as half a million computers still infected with the malware could lose their Internet connections on July 9 because the agency is shutting down an expensive workaround to the problem. The FBI has been running DNS servers since last year to replace malicious servers used by a group of Estonians to conduct an affiliate and referral fee scam made possible by the DNSChanger Trojan, which diverted users seeking legitimate websites to sites the cybergang wanted them to visit in order to collect fees from their traffic.

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[Taxmancometh]

Wow! The government actually set up DNS servers to prevent this malware to redirect to rouge sites? That's just crazy. Hopefully people will get their shit straight. I have a felling in the next three months there will be a lot of people posting Internet problems here on TechIMO.

[GroundZero3]

Bump!

DNSChanger Malware May Knock Thousands Off Internet On July 9: How To Avoid It

[SoloCamo]

I'm all clean! Thanks for the links

Now to check out my families pc's

[ShyguyXPC]

I'm guessing with my "recent" Reinstall of Windows 7 from a couple months ago, I should be fine...?

[Taxmancometh]

I use OpenDNS, so no problems here.