The quickest way to check your computer is to go directly to the test site. For English, in the U.S., the link is http://www.dns-ok.us/ It will immediately tell you if you are infected or not. Hopefully everyone will get the green light. From: Linnea Miller Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 7:18 AM To: listowners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LO] DNSChanger Alert Yes, this is a real issue. I work for a state government, and the following is the email we received. I checked my home computers, and I'm fine. > For the past few weeks there have been many stories in the media about computers connectivity to Internet being impacted by a computer virus on July 9th. It is a true story. The FBI has launched an awareness campaign to scan computers for signs of the infection. Visit theFBI website for more information. > The probability of home computer’s infection is higher than work computers. BITS have taken the necessary precautionary steps, and will be monitoring the issue closely. > > For more information please visit www.dcwg.org. This site helps you to test your home computer as well. > > Click on “Detect” in the upper left corner > You will be directed to a new page. Follow the instruction. > If your computer is not infected, you will see a green logo. No additional action is required. > If you see a red logo, you will be directed to tools that can remove the malware.