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Hundreds of thousands may lose web access July 9 due to virus

Hundreds of thousands may lose web access July 9 due to virus
  • Posted July 5, 2012, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web Breaking News
  • July 9 is the day thousands of PCs (and Macs) infected with DNSChanger will lose their ability to surf the web. Although the virus was introduced in 2007, according to the DCWG's data, as many as 500,000 computers may still…

Google warns users infected with DNSChanger malware, provides help

Google warns users infected with DNSChanger malware, provides help
  • Posted May 25, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Google has begun providing a warning to visitors who appear to be infected with DNSChanger, a malware which attempts to redirect users to various websites by modifying their DNS settings. The notification is a highly visible alert which tells the…

Millions of infected machines might be kicked offline March 8

Millions of infected machines might be kicked offline March 8
  • Posted February 16, 2012, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • In three weeks, the FBI could knock millions of infected systems offline by disabling some DNS servers. In November, Estonian authorities arrested six men suspected of using "DNSChanger Trojan" malware to redirect victims to malicious websites and block them from genuine…

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