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Yesterday I started get redirected to a page that says
OpenDNS
"This domain is blocked due to content filtering."
and some information like
"This site was categorized in: Software/Technology, Forums/Message boards, Research/Reference, Blogs"
The site in question was Stack Overflow!!!
Also the site like imdb.com was blocked and the login for a online shopping site, AliExpress.com (hmm, maybe not a bad thing).
After some searching I found out that in order to get rid of this crap, I should change or remove the DNS server settings in the network settings.
I was thinking to myself "This is weird, I haven't changed anything there", but I went to check and lo and behold:
the DNS server settings was now set to
Preferred DNS server : 208.67.222.222
Alternative DNS server : 208.67.220.220
I changed the setting to "Obtain DNS server address automatically", cleared the DNS cache and then everything was back to normal.
Simple enough to fix, but where did these settings come from in the first place?
I'm the only one using the computer and I am damn sure I never entered those DNS servers manually.
(I have to admit I haven't checked these settings in a while, so they might have been there for quite a time)
So how were these changes made on my computer?
Did some Windows 10 update do this automatically in the background?
Is it some sort of malware? I did a scan with Windows Defender, but found nothing. (Very weird malware in that case)
In any case it is very annoying to be controlled by some third party site that have their own definition of what is proper.
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A) Have you tried a VPN client that might have failed to return the orginal settings pre-vpn connection (mine does that now and again).
B) You may have triggered some malware somwehere and it is pushing all content request through some dodgy route! Before you know it, it will be redirecting pages, adding banners, and digging in so deep that you cannot escape the little blighter no matter how much your clean!
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I don't have a VPN and I haven't tried to install one in this particular computer.
Let's just hope I am not infected by some malware.
And even so, if the malware is routing my traffic so it triggers OpenDNS to block it, it still doesn't explain how the OpenDNS servers were configured on my computer in the first place.
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OpenDNS is a legitimate DNS look-up service with additional phishing protection and content filtering. Before I installed VPN I used it all the time and consider it a good thing. So it's unlikely that any malware would 'install' it. Quite the opposite I would have thought.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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So how did it get into my computer and why does it block stackoverflow.com and imdb.com?
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To the first, I dunno. Are you absolutely sure that your computer has not been accessed by any other person for any other purpose? Might you have inadvertently accepted OpenDNS in installing something else? I'm really having difficulty imagining why or how the change would have been made without some human interaction at some point.
The two sites, however, are almost certainly on the default block list at least for the strictest of the child friendly policies. Adult content on the latter and lots of abuse and swearing on the former.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I'm very sure no one else has used my computer, but it might, as you say, have been bundled with something else.
I didn't install anything new the last few days, though.
But how do you configure the filter level with OpenDNS? Different DNS server addresses or a configuration page somewhere?
I didn't dig into it as I don't want it.
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America is being turned into a nation of sissy, evil psychopaths.
Who would save an ANIMAL over a child in danger.
Frankly, kill every gorilla on the planet, if it saves one child it would be worth it.
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jkadjthegamegadhguaet wrote: Frankly, kill every gorilla on the planet, if it saves one child it would be worth it.
Gorilla? I think we have bigger fish to fry with regards to "even if it saves one child." You might want to start with the top 5[^] human "groups" before ranting on about killing every gorilla if it saves one child.
Marc
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Why stop with Gorilla's let's kill every mammal on earth this would solve all problems.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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This[^] might help you put his rant into perspective! 
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My point: aren't we mammals?
Aren't we the problem?
Moral: You just can't fix stupid!
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Couldn't agree more.
In fact humans are really just like a cancerous growth on the planet and like all cancers, will just end up killing the host....
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OK most of us are mammals! 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Quote: Americans' hypocrisy
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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There's only really one species of mammal that causes problems, so getting rid of just that one would be enough.
Unfortunately for us, it's us.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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jkadjthegamegadhguaet wrote: America ...
What else need be said?! 
F*** yeah![^]
As a side note, I find you CP name... interesting...
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It's ORT back again. Remember rule #1 - DNFTT.
This space for rent
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Confused I am....
ORT[^]?
D.o N.ot F.uck T.width T.us?
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Our Resident Troll
Do Not Feed The Troll.
This space for rent
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This needs to go to the Soapbox to get full responses.
The Soapbox Discussion Boards - CodeProject[^]
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 1-Jun-16 23:15pm.
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jkadjthegamegadhguaet wrote: Frankly, kill every gorilla on the planet, if it saves one child it would be worth it.
Personally I don't like human children. Nearly any animal child is cute, but not that of a human.
Gorilla children aren't the cutest around, but still cuter than those of humans.
It also seems the average ape is more intelligent than you.
Those are only two reasons why I have to disagree with you.
But as an evil psychopath I'm sure you wouldn't understand
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Sander Rossel wrote: Personally I don't like human children. Nearly any animal child is cute, but not that of a human.
Spoke like a boy who is not a father. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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