Don’t Lose Internet Service – Warning

The FBI announced that millions of computer users could lose service on July 8.  International hackers ran online ads that when responded to took control of million of computers and changed how they looked up the DNS (domain name) of sites and re-directed users to bogus similar sites when they clicked on links. Malicious software called a DNS changer was installed on unsuspecting users computers.  The hackers made millions on the ads and offers on these phony sites.

Where is all this heading? Once the FBI arrested the hackers they realized that the unsuspecting computer users would lose service if the FBI simply pulled the plug on the hackers computers. They decided to set up their own computers instead and that the prudent approach was to tell the world of computer users to check to see if they were infected. This has been widely written about in daily and national newspapers and computer magazines.  This is no joke.

What do you do? The FBI has setup a site that with one mouse click you can check to see if your computer has had a DNS changer malicious software installed. It took us one minute to check the computers in the T-Biz Network office to see if we were infected.

The problem is once the FBI shuts down their server ON JULY 8 – if you are infected – when you click on a link it will take you to a dead website and you will not be able to access real websites.

Read more about this in PCMag.com here

The FBI’s site that tells you if you are infected and how to correct it is dcwg.org.