Thousands of computers in India, which are hit by a malicious virus DNSChanger, may lose Internet access from Monday. According to Web security firm McAfee, DNSChanger is a malware computer programme that redirects Internet traffic to fake websites.

A McAfee spokesperson said these affected machines are likely lose Web access as FBI will shut down servers associated with the DNSChanger malware on July 9. As a result, it is likely that all computers infected with this threat will no longer be able to access the Internet.

He said India has the third highest number of DNS infections after the US and Italy.