“Recent Malware Infection Could Block Internet Access To Thousands”

This piece goes into not only why the feds’ malware fix was temporary, but offers an easy way to check if your computer is infected.


Thursday, May 10, 2012 Thousands of U.S. computers infected with malicious software by a sophisticated cyber crime ring could lose their Internet connectivity by July if they’re not repaired. Last November, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that it had arrested and charged six Estonians with running a cyber crime ring that infected approximately 4 million computers in more than 100 countries with a class of malicious software called DNSChanger.

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