<r>I was surprised to learn that millions of people across the globe could loose their internet to do some malware dubbed “DNSChanger”. In 2007 a group of Estonian’s used this malware to infect millions of computers in over 100 countries, with approximately 500,000 computers infected in the U.S. Some of these computers belong to individuals, businesses and even government agencies. For some computers it had the opposite effect and prevented users’ anti-virus from working properly; thus exposing them to even further malicious software.<br/>
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Essentially the DNSChanger rerouted request, blasting users’ with web ads. According to the FBI they raised about 14 million dollars in illicit funds. That’s a lot of people scammed out of there hard earned money. So what’s the governments plan? Their plan is to shut down these servers on July 9,2012, when that happens anyone with this malware on their computer will suddenly no longer be able to access the internet. <br/>
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So what can you do to make sure that your computer is not one of the computers infected by the DNSChanger?<br/>
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* Check<URL url="</s> DNS Changer Working Group's<e></e></URL> site which was created to solve the malware issue.<br/>
* Then go <URL url="</s>here<e></e></URL> to detect if your computer is infected.<br/>
*If by chance your computer is infected go <URL url="</s>here<e></e></URL> to see how to remove it.<br/>
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You can also go to the <URL url="</s>FBI’s DNSchanger site<e></e></URL>, type in your server and see if you infected that way. I have already begun checking, and so far we are in the clear but I still have 3 more computers to go. So take a moment out of your day and make sure you are not one of the people who will find themselves without internet come July.</r>
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Essentially the DNSChanger rerouted request, blasting users’ with web ads. According to the FBI they raised about 14 million dollars in illicit funds. That’s a lot of people scammed out of there hard earned money. So what’s the governments plan? Their plan is to shut down these servers on July 9,2012, when that happens anyone with this malware on their computer will suddenly no longer be able to access the internet. <br/>
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So what can you do to make sure that your computer is not one of the computers infected by the DNSChanger?<br/>
<br/>
* Check<URL url="</s> DNS Changer Working Group's<e></e></URL> site which was created to solve the malware issue.<br/>
* Then go <URL url="</s>here<e></e></URL> to detect if your computer is infected.<br/>
*If by chance your computer is infected go <URL url="</s>here<e></e></URL> to see how to remove it.<br/>
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You can also go to the <URL url="</s>FBI’s DNSchanger site<e></e></URL>, type in your server and see if you infected that way. I have already begun checking, and so far we are in the clear but I still have 3 more computers to go. So take a moment out of your day and make sure you are not one of the people who will find themselves without internet come July.</r>