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DNSChanger: The Blackout is Coming!

Jun

2012

Malware called DSNChanger has been, and continues to be, in the news and for very good reason. A whole lot of people stand to lose their Internet connectivity if they don’t take action before July 9. One of our concerned customers posed Symantec Security Response a number of questions recently in regards to what this […]

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DNSChanger ‘temporary’ DNS servers going dark soon – is your computer really fixed?

Jun

2012

DNSChanger, a piece of malware that re-routed vast swaths of Internet traffic through rogue DNS servers after users became infected, was shut down by the FBI late last year. But since simply shutting down the servers altogether would’ve ‘broken’ many hundreds of thousands of computers still infected – rendering it difficult for them to get […]

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DNSChanger FAQ

May

2012

What is DNSChanger? DNSChanger, also known as Alureon, is a high profile piece of Malware that modifies the DNS settings on the victim PC to divert Internet traffic to malicious web sites. The Malware also acts as a robot or “Bot” for short and can be organized into a BotNet and controlled from a remote […]

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