About 9,000 Canadian computers face infection threat Monday

[Meg]

About 9,000 Canadian computers face infection threat Monday - The Globe and Mail

This is the same thing that we've been discussing in the other thread, with a link for Canadians:

Prof. Dean said Canadians can go to DCWG | DNS Changer Working Group to check if their computers are infected and take appropriate measures. He said Canadians may also have to check routers to see if they have been affected, too, and reset them.

“We’ve got roughly 9,000 computers that still appear to be infected,” he said about the Canadian situation.

If computers have been infected due to the scam, they haven’t been able to perform anti-virus software or system updates, leaving them vulnerable to other malware, said Prof. Dean, who teaches in Queen’s University’s department of electrical and computer engineering.

The DNSChanger Trojan malware program at issue was created to redirect Internet traffic and hijack online searches.

[Joe B]

Sadly the internet has become the new world order and with it there are those who will always seek to capitalise from this and cause mayhem.

Very sadly the people who do this are often seen as highly skilled in their trade and end up being offered top jobs on the other side of the fence!

Strange world that we now live in.

[maryrae]

It seems to have come & gone with a fizzle & a pop. A non-news story.

[mattfivefour]

Yes, this story is speaking of an even happening on Monday, July 9th, 2012. Long gone and we are still up and running. That small portion of the computing public that was infected with it seem to have coped with it.