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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dayan_senevirathna" data-source="post: 12593014" data-attributes="member: 344962">Web could vanish for hordes of people in July, FBI warns If  your computer is infected with the DNSChanger virus, your summertime  Internet activities will be seriously curtailed -- as in buh-bye. But a  special Web site can help you fix the problem.The FBI is warning that hundreds of thousands of people could lose  their Internet connections come July, unless they take steps to diagnose  and disinfect their computers. The problem is related to malware called <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/november/malware_110911" target="_blank">DNSChanger</a> that was first discovered way back in 2007 and that has infected millions of computers worldwide. In simple terms, when you type a Web address into your browser, your  computer contacts DNS (or Domain Name System) servers to find out the  numerical Internet Protocol (IP) address of the site you're trying to  reach, and then it takes you there. DNSChanger fiddled with an infected  machine's settings and directed it to rogue servers set up by a crime  ring -- servers that handed out addresses to whatever sites the ring  chose.  <a href="http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/03/07/population.png" target="_blank"> <img src="http://asset0.cbsistatic.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/03/07/population_270x203.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a> The DNSChanger Working Group said early this year that about 450,000 systems were still infected by the DNSChanger virus. (Credit: DCWG)  As a U.S attorney said in an FBI <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/newyork/press-releases/2011/manhattan-u.s.-attorney-charges-seven-individuals-for-engineering-sophisticated-internet-fraud-scheme-that-infected-millions-of-computers-worldwide-and-manipulated-internet-advertising-business" target="_blank">press release</a>,  the crooks "were international cyberbandits who hijacked millions of  computers at will and rerouted them to Internet Web sites and  advertisements of their own choosing -- collecting millions in  undeserved commissions for all the hijacked computer clicks and Internet  ads they fraudulently engineered." Late last year, however, the FBI disrupted the ring and seized the  rogue servers. And since so many infected computers relied on the  servers to reach the Internet, the agency opted not to shut them down  and instead converted them to legitimate DNS machines. Running the machines costs the government money, though,so they're  being switched off in July. If your computer is infected with DNSChanger  then, the Web -- for you -- will no longer exist.  The DNSChanger Working Group (DCWG), the body set up to oversee the  servers, has created a Web site to help you diagnose your machine and,  if necessary, remove DNSChanger. You can check it out at <a href="http://www.dcwg.org/" target="_blank">www.dcwg.org</a>. And it's probably not a bad idea to do so sometime before, say, July 8 (the DCWG says the servers <a href="http://www.dcwg.org/the-dns-changer-clean-dns-servers-will-be-turned-off-on-july-9-2012/" target="_blank">will be shut down the following day</a>).<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/baffled.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":baffled:" title="Baffled    :baffled:" data-shortname=":baffled:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" />Source- <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57418276-83/web-could-vanish-for-hordes-of-people-in-july-fbi-warns/" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57418276-83/web-could-vanish-for-hordes-of-people-in-july-fbi-warns/</a></blockquote>

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