Beware: DNSChanger May Shutdown Your Internet On Monday - Read how you can be protected!!

Beware all internet users !!

A malware DNSChanger is going to be unleashed on Monday and all computers which get infected will lose internet access.

The malware, a variant of notorious Ziob Trojan, when infects a computer goes into the Windows registry and changes the DNS name servers so that when you browse the internet, you are automatically re-routed to the culprit’s ad-ridden websites from which they earn money (the group of hackers made over $10 million from it).

Though the drakness looms for all net users, there is light at the end of the tunnel as there are ways to detect and remove this malware.

You are suggested to go to McAfee’s DNSChanger Detection And Removal Tool. If it detects the presence of DNSChanger, it will help you remove any changes the malware made when it installed itself on your computer.

Please share this post with your friends and family so that they do not lose internet access this Monday.

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