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DNSChanger is a DNS hijacking Trojan. The work of an Estonian company known as Rove Digital, the malware-infected computers by modifying a computer's DNS entries to point toward its own rogue name servers, which then injected its own advertising into Web pages. At its peak, DNSChanger was estimated to have infected over four million computers, bringing in at least US$14 million in profits to its operator from fraudulent advertising revenue.

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  • DNSChanger is a DNS hijacking Trojan. The work of an Estonian company known as Rove Digital, the malware-infected computers by modifying a computer's DNS entries to point toward its own rogue name servers, which then injected its own advertising into Web pages. At its peak, DNSChanger was estimated to have infected over four million computers, bringing in at least US$14 million in profits to its operator from fraudulent advertising revenue. Both Windows and Mac OS X variants of DNSChanger were circulated, the latter taking the form of a related Trojan known as RSPlug. The FBI raided the malicious servers on November 8, 2011, but they kept the servers up after they capturing it to avoid affected users from losing Internet access until July 9, 2012. (en)
  • DNSChanger è un trojan horse attivo dal 2007 al 2011, opera di una società estone nota come . Il malware infettava i computer modificando i DNS in modo da puntare verso nomi di server malevoli e inserivano i propri avvisi pubblicitari nelle pagine web. Al culmine della sua attività, si stima che DNSChanger abbia infettato più di 4 milioni di computer, procurando danni per almeno 14 milioni di dollari di entrate pubblicitarie fraudolente. (it)
  • 是活跃在2007年至2011年的DNS劫持软件。这是由爱沙尼亚一家叫Rove Digital的公司研发的恶意软件,它会通过修改计算机的DNS设置,指向他们自己的服务器来感染电脑。通过这种方法,用户在浏览网页的时候就会被插入广告。在该软件鼎盛的时期,大约感染了超过四百万台计算机,给它的公司带来了至少1400万美元的非法广告收入。 (zh)
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  • DNSChanger è un trojan horse attivo dal 2007 al 2011, opera di una società estone nota come . Il malware infettava i computer modificando i DNS in modo da puntare verso nomi di server malevoli e inserivano i propri avvisi pubblicitari nelle pagine web. Al culmine della sua attività, si stima che DNSChanger abbia infettato più di 4 milioni di computer, procurando danni per almeno 14 milioni di dollari di entrate pubblicitarie fraudolente. (it)
  • 是活跃在2007年至2011年的DNS劫持软件。这是由爱沙尼亚一家叫Rove Digital的公司研发的恶意软件,它会通过修改计算机的DNS设置,指向他们自己的服务器来感染电脑。通过这种方法,用户在浏览网页的时候就会被插入广告。在该软件鼎盛的时期,大约感染了超过四百万台计算机,给它的公司带来了至少1400万美元的非法广告收入。 (zh)
  • DNSChanger is a DNS hijacking Trojan. The work of an Estonian company known as Rove Digital, the malware-infected computers by modifying a computer's DNS entries to point toward its own rogue name servers, which then injected its own advertising into Web pages. At its peak, DNSChanger was estimated to have infected over four million computers, bringing in at least US$14 million in profits to its operator from fraudulent advertising revenue. (en)
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  • DNSChanger (en)
  • DNSChanger (it)
  • DNSChanger (zh)
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