Google warnings about dns charger trojan

Posted on | 2012-05-23

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DNS Changer Trojan warning

Google is to start warning people if the DNS Changer trojan is detected on Internet browsers. Global estimates are that around half a million Internet browsers remain infected with the trojan even after threats to isolate these systems.

Google says: Our goal with this notification is to raise awareness of DNSChanger among affected users. We believe directly messaging affected users on a trusted site and in their preferred language will produce the best possible results

To read more about this story, please visit the Google Security Blog about DNS Changer trojan

If you were looking for a Google public DNS server:

The Google Public DNS IP addresses (IPv4) are as follows:

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

The Google Public DNS IPv6 addresses are as follows:

2001:4860:4860::8888
2001:4860:4860::8844



Written by:Andre Coetzee, Mosselbay on 2012-05-23
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