As you may or may not have heard, countless computers could have been rendered useless today. If you’re reading this chances are good that you’re in the clear.
Now that we can all breath a sigh of relief we must admit, this is so strange and so reminiscent of Y2K that we couldn’t help but share and enlighten our loyal readers (who rely upon the internet, after all).
What’s all the fuss, you ask? Watch a International Business Times TV Tech News video with the back story on the DNS Changer malware here.
According to the Associated Press, “after midnight EDT Sunday, the FBI was shutting down the Internet servers set up as a temporary safety net to keep infected computers online for the past eight months …”
Still need a little extra assurance or details on this matter, visit the DNS Changer Working Group’s website for more information and a self-check option for your digital devices.
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