Facebook has started notifying victims of the DNSChanger malwarewho visit the social networking site that their computers will becut off from the Internet on July 9, if they don't clean them untilthat time. Facebook's DNSChanger alerts will include a link the DNSChangerWorking Group's website, which contains more information about themalware and instructions on how to remove it. "Earlier this year, Facebook joined the clean up effort byparticipating in [ DNSChanger Working Group],which is comprised of computer security experts from the public,private, and academic sectors," the Facebook security team said ina blog post on Monday. "As a result of our work with the group,Facebook is now able to notify users likely infected withDNSChanger malware and direct them to instructions on how to cleantheir computer or networks." DNSChanger is a family of Trojan programs that hijack Web searchqueries, display malicious advertisements and redirect users tofake websites. They do this by forcing infected computers to useDNS servers controlled by attackers. DNS servers play a very important role on the Internet -- theytranslate domain names into numerical Internet Protocol (IP)addresses that computers use to communicate with each other. Bydefault, most computers use DNS servers operated by theirrespective Internet service providers (ISPs) -- entities that areimplicitly trusted with routing their connections. The FBI shut down the DNSChanger operation in November 2011following a two-year investigation and temporary replaced the rogueDNS servers with legitimate ones. The replacement servers areoperated by a non-profit organization called the Internet SystemsConsortium, which also operates one of the Internet's thirteenauthoritative DNS root servers. A judge initially signed off on this arrangement until March 8 inorder to give ISPs sufficient time to identify and notify victims.However, the deadline was later extended by four months. The replacement servers are now scheduled to be taken offline onJuly 9, after which time computers still infected with theDNSChanger malware will no longer be able to access the Internet. The DNSChanger Working Group estimates that there are over 350,000devices still infected with DNSChanger, out of the 4 million thatwere originally affected by the malware. Facebook's decision to notify the owners of the remaining infectedcomputers follows a similar decision by Google, which startedalerting DNSChanger victims through its search pages on May 22. I am an expert from car-ledlightbulbs.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China LED Globe Bulbs , LED Ceiling Mount Light, Car LED Light Bulbs,and more.
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