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NaveenOverlord
DNS—Domain Name System—is a critical Internet service that converts user-friendly domain names, such as www.fbi.gov, into numerical addresses that allow computers to talk to each other. Without DNS and the DNS servers operated by Internet service providers, computer users would not be able to browse websites or send e-mail.
DNSChanger was used to redirect unsuspecting users to rogue servers controlled by the cyber thieves, allowing them to manipulate users’ web activity. The affected machines are likely lose Web access as FBI will also shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware.
Quoting data from DNS Changer Working Group, a McAfee spokesperson said India has the third highest number of DNS infections after the US and Italy. According to the data by DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG), there are nearly 300,000 infected systems globally, with a maximum of over 69,500 such system in the US. Italy with about 26,500 infected systems is at the second place, followed by India (21,300) and the UK (19,589). An Indian Computer Emergency Response Team official told PTI that "around 50,000 computers in India were found infected with DNSChanger malware. Over half of them have been cleaned. We are still tracing infected computers. Systems that are still infected will face problem in accessing Internet."
DCWG is an independent group of security experts trying to stem out the DNS Changer malware.
DNSChanger was used to redirect unsuspecting users to rogue servers controlled by the cyber thieves, allowing them to manipulate users’ web activity. The affected machines are likely lose Web access as FBI will also shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware.
Quoting data from DNS Changer Working Group, a McAfee spokesperson said India has the third highest number of DNS infections after the US and Italy. According to the data by DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG), there are nearly 300,000 infected systems globally, with a maximum of over 69,500 such system in the US. Italy with about 26,500 infected systems is at the second place, followed by India (21,300) and the UK (19,589). An Indian Computer Emergency Response Team official told PTI that "around 50,000 computers in India were found infected with DNSChanger malware. Over half of them have been cleaned. We are still tracing infected computers. Systems that are still infected will face problem in accessing Internet."
DCWG is an independent group of security experts trying to stem out the DNS Changer malware.
