With all the fear mongering by the news outlets, I thought I’d make a short post about DNS Changer.
DNS Changer is malware that if you are infected it changes how your computer looks up website addresses. Essentially, it tells your computer to use a service setup by criminals. The criminals behind DNS Changer have since been caught, but with far reaching implications, arrangements were made to turn the criminals’ service into a short-term legitimate service. Monday that service will be turned off.
To make sure you’re not infected, goto this site setup to be a quick test: http://www.dns-ok.us/. If the result is Green, you are ok and have no need to worry.
If the test fails. you will need to go here: http://www.dcwg.org/fix/. It contains directions and links required to get your computer fixed.
For more information, goto the DNS Changer Working Group (http://www.dcwg.org/)