Have you heard about the computer virus DNSChanger? If you're not using a virus scanner already this is important - you need to take action before 7/9/2012. Supposedly, Google and Facebook placed warnings on their websites, but I didn't see any*. I accidently caught the information on WTHR, a local news station.
You can find tools to detect if your computer may be infected and free tools for removal at dcwg, the official DNSChanger website.
"DNSChanger was a Trojan active from 2007 to 2011. The work of an Estonian company known as Rove Digital, the malware infected computers by modifying a computer's DNS entries to point toward its own rogue name servers, which then injected its own advertising into web pages. At its peak, DNSChanger was estimated to have infected over 4 million computers, bringing in at least $14 million in profits to its operator from fraudulent advertising revenue." Wikipedia
The FBI captured the lowlifes behind this scam , and a temporary fix was put in place (read about it in one of the links below). However, the temporary fix is set to be turned off on July 9, 2012 and it could shut down your computer if it is infected with the virus.
Read more about it:
PC World
PC Magazine
CNET
* If you didn't see the warning either - that may be a good thing - I read one source that said they sent the warnings to those infected. I don't know how they know, but then I don't know much about the inner workings of computers and those "Big Brother" companies. We probably all need to know more. (Goodness knows the IT people at the Dumass Company where I work need to know more!)
1 comment:
Wow. A friend told me about this and said if I got any email spam from her to delete it.
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