FBI is likely to suspend internet connectivity on Monday
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Monday, 9th of July, at 06:00 (MEZ) the temporary DNS-servers setup by FBI will be shut down. But still there are still thousands of infected machines - one can wonder, what will happen to them, since malware which was constantly being used by cyber criminals to access confidential data from throughout the world. Computers in the internet have their own address - the IP-address. There are two versions: IPv4 which is a 32-bit address e.g. 195.122.169.23 and IPv6 which is a 128-bit address e.g. 2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7347 In order to combat the DNS Changer and associated viruses from affecting more people/computers, the FBI has brought out a mechanism through which you can identify whether your computer system is affected by the DNS changer or not. There is also a deadline set by the FBI that is July 9 2012. By this date, computers infected with the DNS Changer will be denied internet access as the FBI might ...