World News Blogspot: Thousands set to lose internet to virus

viernes, 6 de julio de 2012

Thousands set to lose internet to virus - Sydney Morning Herald

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Around 6000 Australians are set to lose their internet access from Monday because of a virus planted by criminals during the past year, the communications watchdog says.

Australians affected by the DNSChanger malicious software (malware) will have no internet from 1400 AEST on July 9 as a temporary solution switches off, the Australian Communications and Media Authority told AAP on Friday.

DNSChanger is a form of malicious software (malware) that changes a user's domain name system (DNS) settings.

This allows criminals to direct internet users to fraudulent websites and hinder their access to the internet.

In November 2011, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the US closed a ring of cyber-criminals believed to be behind the spread of the DNSChanger malware across the world.

The FBI along with the internet systems consortium (ISC) set up a temporary but correct DNS solution, while internet service providers had the chance to help their customers to fix the problem.

Australians can go to http://dns-ok.gov.au/ to check if their computer is affected.