DNSChanger Trojan No Internet Access on March 8?

DNSChanger Trojan No Internet Access on March 8?

Have you heard of the DNS changer?  It is a type of Trojan virus which sneaks into
your computer, changes your DNS settings which might just you unable to access the
web.  If feds pull down temporary network as planned, machines infected with
DNSChanger Trojan won’t be able to access the Web.

The malware, known as the “DNSChanger Trojan,” quietly alters the host computer’s
Internet settings to hijack search results and to block victims from visiting
security sites that might help scrub the infections. DNSChanger frequently was
bundled with other types of malware, meaning that systems infected with the Trojan
often also host other, more nefarious digital parasites.

The good news? Krebs notes that after the shutdown law enforcement was able to
replace the scumware's DNS infrastructure with legitimate DNS servers. The bad
news? Those DNS servers stop working on March 8:

Krebs reports the FBI saying that it is currently working on ideas to minimize
impact on users in that event. Rasmussen says that cleanup, even if the deadline is
extended, will still take a long time given the number of computers and says in
addition to being “an interesting social experiment”, it would be a faster fix.

Computers still infected with DNSChanger are up against a countdown clock. As part
of the DNSChanger botnet takedown
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