Friday, July 6, 2012

How To Make Sure Malware Won't Knock You Off The Internet Come Monday





According to Forbes unless you know that you can get to Google by typing “173.194.34.72″ into your address bar, or go to Microsoft using “64.4.11.37″ then  you should check to make sure that your computer is not one of the estimated 277,000 still infected by the DNSChanger malware.
DNSChanger is a piece of malware that was discovered back in 2007 and is estimated to have infected millions of computer worldwide.

The malware intercepts websites visited by the web browser, redirecting the users from the site they had chosen to visit to servers under the control of the cybercriminals. These servers were then used to pushed web ads to the user, earning the criminals millions of dollars in the process.  However, last year the FBI….

More?  Check out http://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2012/07/05/how-to-make-sure-malware-wont-knock-you-off-the-internet-come-monday/

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