Thousands could lose internet access when FBI cuts off temporary servers
The good news is if you're among the 7,000 Canadian PC or Mac users — or the tens of thousands more worldwide —still believed to have machines infected with the nasty DNSChanger virus, you can spare yourself the misery of being cut off from email, Twitter, Facebook and other online distractions by performing a simple test.
The FBI is snipping a cyber safety net on Monday that kept thousands of computer users online after their internet connections were hijacked by a piece of malware called DNSChanger, meaning those users could be disconnected from the web if they still haven't removed the virus by July 9
Google, Facebook and the FBI have all issued repeated alerts over the past year about the estimated 650,000 computers worldwide that fell victim to the DNSChanger trojan, but they and media outlets made one last public appeal this week warning of the looming July 9 deadline.
That's when the FBI will shut down the temporary DNS servers it set up to keep the virus-infected computers connected to the internet after it broke up a criminal operation that had rerouted the machines through a system of false DNS servers, manipulating users' web searches in order to direct them to fraudulent websites.
The websites promoted fake products and allowed the cybercriminals to earn money off the sale of these products and advertising.
It's always advisable to consult a reputable computer professional for help before taking any drastic steps to repair a machine infected with a computer virus.
The DNSChanger virus that infects computers by hijacking their IP addresses and sneaking into their emails, bank/credit card passwords, personal collection of photos or videos whatever they have stored on them.Find here what is DNS changer and how to remove it.
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