According to investigators from BitDefender the security company, cyber-criminals through their most recent attempt at contaminating people's computers with malicious software have started manipulating the local Domain Name System (DNS) configurations of their systems.
The malicious software, detected as Worm.Ropian.E, when infects a computer, instantly captures the DNS as well as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers. And as these systems act as vital services for regulating online connections, it becomes possible for Ropian to confirm if the attacked PC is getting diverted onto a lone destination, irrespective of the web-address typed inside the browser.
BitDefender explains that the destination to which the user is diverted appears as an error web-page giving the warning that his browser isn't any longer being supported therefore he should upgrade to new software.
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