The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has estimated that as many as 10,000 Australian internet users could face imminent disconnection after US authorities shut down rogue DNS servers.

 

As many as four million users worldwide have estimated to be infected at the height of the DNSChanger advertising scam, with 10,000  of those in Australia. The DNSChanger scam infected users, redirecting legitimate searchers to maliscious sites via rogue DNS exchanges in Chicago and New York.

 

ACMA, CERTAustralia and the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy have collaborated to develop a diagnostic website.

 

The diagnostic site can be found here