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I had wondered what was going on....Lately my connections...to Free Republic have been Good.
1 posted on 03/14/2009 2:48:49 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Brad's Gramma; A CA Guy; kellynla

some History....


2 posted on 03/14/2009 2:49:28 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (What happened to my IRAs)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Same here .. My computer was attacked just the other evening, but thank goodness I have Norton and they stopped it dead in it’s tracks. It was an “Executable file download”.

Hmmmm ..?? I’ve been wondering why my RoadRunner was acting up. I used disk clean-up as well as cleaner.com and then defraged a couple of times. It seems much better today.


3 posted on 03/14/2009 2:53:38 PM PDT by CyberAnt (Michael Yon: "The U.S. military is the most respected institution in Iraq.")
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

There are FReepers using Time Warner?????


6 posted on 03/14/2009 2:58:11 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

In order to bypass the problem I see no reason to use Time Warner’s DNS servers on a client machine especially in the short term...lists of DNS servers from all over the nation/world are readily available online. Substitute the automatic or ISP-assigned DNS values for hard-coded ones of your choosing and off you go.

It may be a minor violation of netiquette and possibly a violation of TW/RR’s TOS but TW/RR probably have bigger fish to fry right now and the substitute DNS servers should be well up to the task temporarily.


9 posted on 03/14/2009 3:07:55 PM PDT by relictele
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; CyberAnt; relictele; bboop

There is not reason why you should use Time-Warner’s DNS servers just because you use their internet, and they certainly don’t care whose DNS you use.

There is free open DNS available to however wants to use it:

https://www.opendns.com/start/


11 posted on 03/14/2009 3:13:21 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

OK, seriously. No kidding. I would support the death penalty for someone who deliberately launches one of these viruses. Denial of service attacks,, maybe a long jail term?

But for a virus,,DEATH!


17 posted on 03/14/2009 3:24:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

www.opendns.com

Great DNS replacement. Also lets you filter all kinds of categories of content and lots of malicious websites.


18 posted on 03/14/2009 3:33:03 PM PDT by Syntyr (If its too loud your too old...)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They should do something constructive like a short documentary of the usurper-in-thief and the eligibility questions.


21 posted on 03/15/2009 1:29:41 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! SA)
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