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Windows 7: FBI kills DNSChanger network, but how many will be affected?

09 Jul 2012   #1

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FBI kills DNSChanger network, but how many will be affected?

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The FBI today made good on its promise to take down its DNSChanger network. But people who ignored warnings may find themselves unable to get online.

At 12:01 a.m. EDT today, the FBI shut down the DNS servers that had kept computers infected by the DNSChanger malware still able to connect to the Internet, according to the Washington Post.
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FBI kills DNSChanger network, but how many will be affected? | Security & Privacy - CNET News

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09 Jul 2012   #2

Windows 7 x64 Professional SP1
Geordieland, Tyne and Wear
 
 

All seems good here... always had DNS entries manually set anyway.
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