Around 1000 Kiwis could be affected by an internet outage on Monday as a result of a long-running trojan virus, according to Internet New Zealand.



The non-profit organisation is urging people to ensure their computers have not been infected by a virus called DNSChanger that has been active globally since 2007.
 
It can reportedly infect both Mac and Windows computers.
 
The malware changes a computer's DNS settings to point to rogue servers, essentially redirecting legitimate web-surfing to malicious sites that attempt to acquire personal information and then generate illegitimate advertising revenue.
 
In November last year the creators of the virus were arrested by the Estonian government with the aid of the FBI, under "Operation Ghost Click".
 
An estimated four million users worldwide were affected by DNSChanger.
 
To prevent these infected users losing internet access, the FBI contracted Internet Systems Consortium to operate replacement DNS servers, which would allow people time to clean their computers.


Published by One News.
Link to article:  http://tvnz.co.nz/technology-news/crunch-time-users-affected-computer-virus-4959275

If you have not read the above issued from TVNZ it maybe an idea to do so.
Then follow Ohauiti link and do a basic check.

Come Monday if you lose your internet access, you will know why.

Go to this site as a quick check if your machine is infected: http://dns-ok.org.nz/