There has been much traffic and discussion on the DNSChanger Trojan (since last Oct?) could this be a factor? All heck will be breaking 2012-mar-08. Do a search for DNSChanger.
from a commandline type:
ipconfig /all<ret>
Near the end there should be one or two entries for DNS.
Here are some known hostile IP address pairs used by the DNS Changer malware:
64.28.176.1 - 64.28.191.254
67.210.0.1 - 67.210.15.254
77.67.83.1 - 77.67.83.254
85.255.112.1 - 85.255.127.254
93.188.160.1 - 93.188.167.254
213.109.64.1 - 213.109.79.254
Try using OpenDNS as your DNS host/source. Information can be found here:
http://www.opendns.com/
it is a free service.
<p>There has been much traffic and discussion on the DNSChanger Trojan (since last Oct?) could this be a factor? All heck will be breaking 2012-mar-08. Do a search for DNSChanger.</p><p>&nbsp;from a commandline type:</p><p>ipconfig /all&lt;ret&gt;</p><p>Near the end there should be one or two entries for DNS.</p><p>Here are some known hostile IP address pairs used by the DNS Changer malware:</p><p>64.28.176.1 - &nbsp;64.28.191.254</p><p>67.210.0.1 - &nbsp;67.210.15.254</p><p>77.67.83.1 - 77.67.83.254</p><p>85.255.112.1 - &nbsp;85.255.127.254</p><p>93.188.160.1 - &nbsp;93.188.167.254</p><p>213.109.64.1 - &nbsp;213.109.79.254&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Try using OpenDNS as your DNS host/source. Information can be found here:</p><p>http://www.opendns.com/</p><p>it is a free service.&nbsp;</p>