You don't need to scare with this virus, there is the possibility of internet access will be disrupted after the July 9, 2012. In Australia, the warning given to 10,000 users. The warning delivered by local authorities, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald. Although ACMA is a warning to Australia, suspected cause of the disorder can also be experienced by other internet users in the world.
The cause of the disorder is nicknamed malware DNSChanger which is currently estimated to cost the lives of up to 4 million computers around the world. Why could cause internet access? DNSChanger change the Domain Name Server (DNS) on the user‘s computer. All access to the victim would be transferred to a specific web server secretly.
Currently the United States Bureau investigation (FBI) had seized the server in question and provide a temporary solution. Thus, one might say, the victim will not get stuck DNSChanger to malicious sites.
Well, the plan, the fastest on July 9, 2012 FBI would turn off the temporary solution. This means that the victim DNSChanger will lose access to the server. ACMA in cooperation with the governments of Australia, make the website address dns-ok.gov.auyang can be used to see if computer users become victims of DNSChanger. Although you are not in Australia, dns-ok.gov.au sites can still be used to check if the computer used to be the victim DNSChanger or not.
Bruce Matthews, division manager of security at the ACMA said that since November 2011, as many as 10 thousand internet users have been infected with DNSChanger Australia.
Paul Ducklin, Sophos Australia says it’s possible that users are not infected with DNSChanger will still have problems because of its DNS settings have been changed by the malicious program.
Ducklin said. “Even though your antivirus program has guaranteed your computer healthy, there remains the possibility of adverse effects of malicious programs that are still left,”
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