30.01.2012

SWITCH offering an online check for DNS-Changer malware

Internet users in Switzerland and Liechtenstein will do well to check their PC on the www.dnscheck.ch website before 8 March 2012. If a PC is infected with the "DNSChanger" malware, it will no longer be able to access the Internet as of 8 March 2012. With www.dns-check.ch, SWITCH is thus offering an effective protection against surprises. "DNSChanger" is the name of the malware that has infected thousands of PCs here too. On the PCs in question, the domain name system (DNS) has been changed in such a way that the user is diverted to other websites without noticing it. In November 2011, America's FBI was able to catch the fraudsters and replace the DNS servers used by the criminals by correctly-operating servers. These servers are now to be switched off as of 8 March 2012, however. As a result, infected computers will no longer be able to access the Internet. Read on

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