Security Slackers Risk Internet Blackout March 8 machines infected with DNSChanger Trojan won't be able to access the Web

Submitted by Quest-News-Serv... on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 17:32.

Companies and home users whose computers or routers are infected by the DNSChanger Trojan risk being unable to access the Web come March 8, 2012. That could represent a substantial number of users, too, as half of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies are infected with the malware, according to a new report. Back in November, the feds famously took down the DNSChanger botnet network, which a cyber criminal gang was using to redirect Internet traffic to phony websites that existed simply to serve up ads. The feds replaced the criminals' servers with legitimate ones that would push along traffic to its intended destination.

That surrogate network was supposed to be temporary -- in operation just long enough for companies and home users to remove DNSChanger malware from their machines. Said network is slated to be unplugged on March 8. Once the surrogate server network is unplugged, computers infected with DNSChanger will not be able to access the Internet: The malware will send requests to servers that will no longer be online.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/249238/security_slackers_risk_internet_bl...

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