Re: Windows DNS corrupted by Firefox

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"SupermanGolfer" <SupermanGolfer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:50657097-758A-4432-B7E6-AC24823BAEE2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


I'm sorry it was over your head. I was providing the technical info of what
may be going on. If disabling the DNS client service works, then it is
telling me one of the following is going on:

1. The DNS server being used by your machine may not have had the DNS
vulnerability exploit patch applied,
2. You may have malware/spyware installed that is affecting your machine's
resolver and local host cache.

Run an antispyware scan, as well as download and run Malwarebytes utility
(www.malwarebytes.com). It's free. It catches some things that other spyware
scanners may not find, but it is good to run more than one scan from
different companies to get a better idea of what may be installed on your
machine.

Ace



Ace,

I ran antispyware and thge malwarebytes and no issues were found.

Then you may have a RootKit installed, that is if Firefox is truly not the culprit.

RootkitRevealerRootkitRevealer is an advanced rootkit detection utility. It runs on Windows NT 4 and higher and its output lists Registry and file system API discrepancies ...
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897445.aspx

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I do not
know how to determine if this computer has had the DNS vulnerability exploit
patch applied, but it is my understanding that since I am operating XP that
it should have been included already.

Actually I was referring to the DNS server that your machine isusing. That is the DNS address in your NIC properties. If set to DHCP (automatically get an IP), to find out what DNS server(s) your machine is using, you would have to run an ipconfig /all. To do that, click on Start, then click on RUN, then type in:

cmd

Then in the black screen, type in:

ipconfig /all

Then look at the DNS addresses listed. This is what I am talking about, and if they have the exploit patch applied or not, is anyone's guess. That is up to the administrator administering the DNS server (whether it be an ISP or your company DNS servers). It has nothing to do with the XP machine itself.

I apologize if this is technically over your head. But that's just part of technically determining issues, as I've posted in my original post.

What I have noticed is that my
computer will run fine and then after I am on the web for awhile, it starts
to have trouble finding the server again. I didn't start having any trouble
like this until I upgraded to Firefox 3.5, prior to that my computer never
had trouble finding the server. It doesn't matter what web browser I use I
have this problem.

Then I would concentrate on posting to a Firefox forum, or call Firefox themselves and ask them. It apparently all points to Firefox. I don't use Firefox and have found that IE does the job nicely all of these years, especially with ActiveX and connecting to Windows services in a company or from outside on the internet to company (corporate) resources when specific type of authentication is required, that Firefox cannot handle.

I am about to go and buy a new computer and forget about
it, the only thing that is stopping me is that it seems like such a daunting
task to get all of my programs and documents switched to the other computer.

I think if you have an infected tooth root, you would go to the dentist and get a root canal saving the tooth, instead of pulling and removing the tooth completely leaving an emtpy spot in your teeth.

So you are discarding your machine because of what Firefox did, or possibly an infection that can be fixed?

Ace


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