According to reports, the Internet may crash on Monday due to a Malware strike.
A massive campaign for Internet security is currently underway with such giants as Google and Facebook leading the charge to warn users about the malicious software known as DSNChanger.
According to the Mercury News, originally 500,000 computers in the US were thought to be in danger, but thanks to an FBI crackdown, that number seems to be down to 70,000.
Since most users still do not know about the malware in their computers, the campaign has urged them to run diagnostics tests offered by numerous security sites before Monday.
On Monday, people whose computers remain infected will lose their ability to go on the Internet and will be forced to call service providers to help them delete the malware and reconnect online.
Both Google and Facebook are sending users messages indicating the potential malware threat. Google started in May while Facebook took on the responsibility in June. Both companies have vested interests in having this issue sorted out, as ad revenues are instrumental to their success. Crooked ad schemes from the DSNChanger would harm their ad revenue.
The malware interrupted the Internet's Domain Name System, which converts user-friendly website names into the numeric addresses that computers need to connect with those sites. However, when users unknowingly downloaded the DNSChanger program, the malware began sending their computers to rogue servers controlled by a cyberthieves.
Then users would be sent to other rogue sites instead of the intended page. A user that attempted to go to Apple's website for example, would be transferred to a page that sold unauthorized products or services.
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