FBI Plans To Shut Down Internet Servers Infected With Notorious Trojan -- New America
Computers experts around the world are warning that, in an attempt to stop the damage inflicted by a Trojan virus that has infected millions of computers worldwide, the FBI plans to shut down Internet Service Providers (ISPs) whose administrators have not yet cleared their systems of the malware.
As reported by PCWorld.com, in November 2011 the FBI shut down a network that a gang of criminal hackers in Estonia had launched to infect servers with the notorious DNSChanger Trojan — a virus that redirects computers from legitimate online destinations to phony websites that launch online ads that generated revenue for the hackers. The Trojan is sophisticated enough to prevent computers infected with the virus from visiting websites with the tools available to remove the problem.
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My Comment: The FBI getting involved? Isn't this a bit of an overkill?
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Well virus could be everywhere. They're part of the growing technology anyway. There are lots of them on Facebook. And they're all about nudity. Just saying.
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