If the servers are shut down, those computers will no longer be able to access the Internet. The replacement servers are scheduled to be shut down on July 9, but according to the FBI, there are still 350,000 computers infected with the malware. ![]() The rogue DNS servers used by the DNSChanger botnet were seized by the FBI last year and were temporarily replaced with good ones, to allow the malware's victims to clean their computers. This malware forces infected computers to use rogue DNS (Domain Name System) servers controlled by attackers. ![]() OSX/RSPlug, a Mac OS X version of the DNSChanger computer Trojan, was the third most common detection and accounted for 5.5% of the total. OSX/FakeAV is a family of Mac OS X scareware applications that includes fake antivirus programs like Mac Defender, which first appeared in May 2011. ![]() ![]() The second most common type of malware detected by Sophos' Mac antivirus product was OSX/FakeAV, with 18% of the total. Around 650,000 Macs are still infected with it, despite Apple releasing a patch for the Java vulnerability and a Flashback removal tool, according to a report released on Friday by antivirus firm Doctor Web.
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