Court: 4 More Months for DNSChanger-Infected PCs
Summary: A federal judge extended by 120 days, to July 9, 2012, the deadline for shutting down surrogate DNS servers that keep DNSChanger-infected PCs online, after Internet Identity reported more than 3 million infected machines worldwide, including at least 500,000 in the United States. As of Feb. 23, 2012, Internet Identity found 94 Fortune 500 companies and three of 55 major government entities had at least one infected computer or router.
Why it matters: The malware hijacks DNS settings to block victims from reaching security sites, so the infected systems still resolving through court-ordered fill-in servers include Fortune 500 and government networks that had months of warning and remain unclean.
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