How to protect yourself from DNSChanger

In July the Internet Systems Consortium will permanently shut down DNS servers deployed to serve as temporary surrogates for rogue DNS servers shut down as part of Operation Ghost Click, an FBI operation that brought down an Estonian hacker ring last year. If your PC is one of the more…

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Germany to shut down DNSChanger Trojan servers

German authorities are advising victims of DNSChanger Trojan programs to fix their computers’ Domain Name System settings using a free tool developed by antivirus company Avira, because the servers resolving DNS queries on their behalf will be closed down on March 8. DNSChanger is a family of Trojans for Windows…

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FBI tackles DNSChanger malware scam

If you’ve been familiar with the malware scene over the past few years, you know one of the prominent attacks on personal computers and information has been the DNSChanger scam. DNSChanger is a Trojan horse that was distributed in many forms, and when installed it actively changes the infected system’s…

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Operation Ghost Clicks Nabs DNSChanger Malware Ring

SymbolPriceChangeAAPL395.28-10.95AMZN211.22-6.77DELL14.80-0.79GOOG600.95-11.39MSFT26.20-0.96{“s” : “aapl,amzn,dell,goog,msft”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} As a result of a two-year FBI Investigation: Operation Ghost Click, on November 8, 2011, six Estonian nationals were arrested by Estonian authorities and charged in a seven-count federal Indictment with running an Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers…

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