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A number of people have emailed me recently with concerns about losing their internet connection this summer when the FBI takes down clean DNS servers temporarily set up to assist the 4 million plus computer users worldwide impacted by malware called DNSChanger.  DNS, which stands for Domain Name System, is a critical internet service that resolves host names such as www.google.com to a numerical IP address that computers use to locate a website.  Under normal circumstances, your computer connects to your internet service provider’s DNS servers (or some other legitimate public DNS server).  When infected with the DNSChanger malware however, your computer is configured to send its DNS queries to rogue DNS servers who can direct your browser to any website they wish.  Affected users could be directed to fake versions of legitimate websites, advertisement websites promoting products, or malware sites that will further infect their computer, just to name a few. Read more…