Computer Virus July 9: FBI Site Checks Rogue DNS

The FBI warns that 277,000 computers worldwide could lose internet access unless users employ a fix to the "DNS changer" malware.

Without a fix that is being put out by the FBI, it is possible that hundreds of thousands of computer users infected by the DNS Changer computer virus could lose access to the Internet on Monday, July 9. The Huffington Post reported in April that the problem began when international hackers — aka "Operation Ghost Click" — ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers. The FBI has set up a website that will check to see if a user's computer is using "rogue DNS". There is also a document on the site that explains how to fix the July 9 virus problem. The DNS computer virus problem arises during the process of shutting down the computer. Once the shutdown is complete, computers infected by DNS Changer could lose access …

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