Check your DNS settings before midnight! (No need to visit a website)

[No1butPaul]

Mine doesn't stay long enough to read it .. when I do the run command - a black box just flashes then disappears.

I got the exact same result as you ... the black box flashed with numbers and disappeared.

Found this and it worked for me:

It's because the ipconfig has finished, and automatically closes itself. This way you won't get a chance to read the messages it returns.

To be able to read the ipconfig messages run ipconfig from the command line. (In this case, ipconfig /all)

1.In the run command prompt enter cmd followed by enter
2.You should see a black screen, similar to the old DOS, enter ipconfig followed by enter
3.Voila, your ipconfig

 

[MelissaCato]

In the list of numbers I found this too. What does this mean ?

Lease Obtained 7/8/2012 8:57:22 PM
Lease Expires 7/9/2012 8:57:22 PM

 

[torchbearer]

In the list of numbers I found this too. What does this mean ?

Lease Obtained 7/8/2012 8:57:22 PM
Lease Expires 7/9/2012 8:57:22 PM

you get your address via dhcp server, most likely in your router(assuming you use a router)
in the dhcp server settings their is a place to designate how long you get to hold your assigned address. that is your lease.
it usually just rolls over.

 

[Agorism]

why

why before midnight?

 

[KEEF]

1. Open up the Command line (Windows users, go into start, Search "command" and click on the program to open up the Command prompt, Mac users can check their DNS server by going into "System Preferences" search for the "Network" icon and check there).

2. type in "ipconfig /all" make sure there is a space between ipconfig and /all.

3. Scroll up to find where it says "DNS Servers".

4. Check the number given against these FBI-identified rogue server addresses:

85.255.112.0 through 85.255.127.255
67.210.0.0 through 67.210.15.255
93.188.160.0 through 93.188.167.255
77.67.83.0 through 77.67.83.255
213.109.64.0 through 213.109.79.255
64.28.176.0 through 64.28.191.255

Thanks for the heads up, now I am by no means a computer guru, but my number was 193. something or other. does this mean that if I do not fall in the ranges listed above, I am good. Also, what it does?

 

[torchbearer]

why before midnight?

a malware program has been found on peoples computers that is designed to lay dormant until july 9th, which starts at midnight.
if you want to know if you got it, just put your computers calender on tomorrow and restart. see if you can get online.

 

[MelissaCato]

you get your address via dhcp server, most likely in your router(assuming you use a router)
in the dhcp server settings their is a place to designate how long you get to hold your assigned address. that is your lease.
it usually just rolls over.

Ok thanks.

 

[torchbearer]

The most famous "timer" virus is the Melissa Virus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus)

 

[torchbearer]

Thanks for the heads up, now I am by no means a computer guru, but my number was 193. something or other. does this mean that if I do not fall in the ranges listed above, I am good. Also, what it does?

i don't think you will know yet. the dns changer program won't kick in for a few hours.

 

[MelissaWV]

a malware program has been found on peoples computers that is designed to lay dormant until july 9th, which starts at midnight.
if you want to know if you got it, just put your computers calender on tomorrow and restart. see if you can get online.

This would have been a really easy test, but instead people are being asked to click on some site the Gov endorses lol I'm not even a conspiracist but this suddenly popped up a couple of days ago on the news as a huge thing. Hmm!

The most famous "timer" virus is the Melissa Virus.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_(computer_virus)

Sure... blame it on me.

 

[torchbearer]

Sure... blame it on me.

lol

Melissa was put in the wild by David L. Smith of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey and named after a Miami stripper.

 

[KCIndy]

This would have been a really easy test, but instead people are being asked to click on some site the Gov endorses lol I'm not even a conspiracist but this suddenly popped up a couple of days ago on the news as a huge thing. Hmm!

Ehh... I wouldn't sweat it. Anyone who posts regularly on these boards is already on The List. I can't see any reason the Feds would go to such lengths just to garner a few web clicks.

Frankly, I'm more alarmed by the occasional but obvious troll who pops up here and tries to get us to sign on to rabid and borderline violent anti-government rants.

 

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

Wait, let me see if i get this right. I actually WANT my IP address to be configured to use the FBI Rogue Servers?

 

[torchbearer]

This would have been a really easy test, but instead people are being asked to click on some site the Gov endorses lol I'm not even a conspiracist but this suddenly popped up a couple of days ago on the news as a huge thing. Hmm!

I'm sure the FBI would love to go through people's cookies.
Not sure why anyone would want to let a government site scan their computer.

 

[MelissaWV]

I'm sure the FBI would love to go through people's cookies.
Not sure why anyone want let a government site scan their computer.

I don't think it's that so much as maybe a bonus. See how many people you can cause to click on your recommended site on short notice.

 

[torchbearer]

Wait, let me see if i get this right. I actually WANT my IP address to be configured to use the FBI Rogue Servers?

you want to use your ISPs DNS or an OpenDNS.

 

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

you want to use your ISPs DNS or an OpenDNS.

I went to the FBI website and put in my IP Address to see what it says. The DNS Checker on the FBI set gave me this response:

"Your IP is not configured to use the rogue DNS servers."

Is that what I want?

 

[torchbearer]

I went to the FBI website and put in my IP Address to see what it says. The DNS Checker on the FBI set gave me this response:

"Your IP is not configured to use the rogue DNS servers."

Is that what I want?

you don't want to use rogue dns servers.
a thief could use a dns server to obtain all the info you send over your internet connection.

 

[CaseyJones]

thanks for reminding me roxi
all good

 

[Carson]

Mine doesn't stay long enough to read it .. when I do the run command - a black box just flashes then disappears.

I think you have to add something to make it stay open.

generally, if you run a command console command from the Start->Run window, the command console window will open, execute the command in question, and then automatically close. If you want it to stay open after the command runs, first do Start->Run->cmd, which will open a command console shell instance and give you a command prompt. From there, type the command you want to run, it will execute, and the shell will remain open once execution has ended.

Alternatively, if you want to type everything at once in the "Run" box, you'll need to include the /k switch to keep the command console shell open after execution finishes. So, for example, if you wanted to run "ipconfig /all" from the Run box and have the shell stay open so you can see what the results are, and you don't want to do the steps above, then do Start->Run and type cmd /k "ipconfig /all" in the Run window (keep the quote marks around ipconfig /all otherwise (I believe) the parameters won't be passed to the cmd.exe shell properly.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/274131-command-prompt-opens-then-dissapears.html


P.S. I could have sworn my machines were set to use a DNS server that I set that had a very fast connection and response time. Now the machines I checked are both set to get one automatically.