Malware Changes Your DNS Settings – How to Fix

Date September 13, 2010 Author By kadmin Category Anti-Virus

Problem:

You can’t open any security-related websites.  You can’t run windows updates.  You can’t update Malwarebytes.

Cause:

Your DNS settings have been hijacked by a malware infection.

Solution:

Edit this registry entry to remove the bad DNS settings.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParameters

delete the entries on the DHCPNameServer key

You can also check the settings on an individual network adapter here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesTcpipParametersInterfaces

Your computer should automatically pick up new settings from your DHCP server.

Tags: dns, malware