Clean your computer by July 9 or lose internet access,What is the DNS Changer Malware and how to clean your computer?
Clean your computer by July 9 or lose internet access: Google warns By Vicky Kapur Published Sunday, May 27, 2012 “Your computer appears to be infected” – if you’re among the half-a-million users who might have seen this warning appear on their PCs recently, you’ll be in for a nasty surprise come July 9. Unless users with infected computers clean up their devices by then, they risk losing internet connectivity, search engine Google is warning as part of a new campaign to rid the world of the dreaded DNSChanger malware. Starting this week, Google says it is “undertaking an effort to notify roughly half a million people whose computers or home routers are infected with a well-publicised form of malware known as DNSChanger.” The Domain Name System (DNS) translates familiar web address names like google.com or emirates247.com into a numerical address that computers use to send traffic to the right place. The DNSChanger malware modifies DNS settings to ...