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Awareness Malware Campaign
By Jared Newman, PCWorld Apr 23, 2012 9:07 AM
PC users infected with a strain of malware called DNSChanger will face their own personal Internet doomsday in July unless they disinfect their computers, the FBI warns.
Users have until July 9 to rid themselves of the DNSChanger malware, which can infect Windows PCs and Macs alike. After that, the FBI will throw a switch that prevents infected computers from accessing the Internet.
It's not as Big Brother as it sounds. DNSChanger is a Trojan that surfaced in 2007 and infected millions of machines. The malware would redirect computers to hacker-created Websites, where cyber-criminals sold at least $14 million in advertisements. DNSChanger also prevented computers from updating or using anti-virus software, leaving them vulnerable to even more malicious software.
Last November, in one of the biggest cybersecurity takedowns ever, the FBI arrested six Estonian nationals that allegedly ran the clickjacking fraud, and seized the rogue DNS servers where infected users were being redirected. The FBI has put up surrogate servers in place of the malicious ones, but only temporarily.
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