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July 6, 2012 11:06 pm GMT

PSA: Check Your Computer For DNSChanger Or Risk Getting Booted Off The Web On Monday

dnschangerIt's something of a 21st Century nightmare -- headlines are declaring that come Monday morning, thousands of people could wake up to a startling lack of Internet access all because of a crafty bit of malware. How chilling!Well, it would be more chilling if people haven't had plenty of advance warning. What's more, the steps to detect and eliminate that malware -- unimaginatively called "DNSChanger" -- are relatively simple, so less-than-tech-savvy folk out there can take care of business with too much outside assistance.But first, a little background.

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