Thanks Graham. I did speak to them yesterday but it was only to confirm their DNS IP addresses. Maybe another chat tonight is on the cards …
Thanks for the link - checked and ours is “safe”. :-) Stephen There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand binary, and those who don't. > On 26 Apr 2017, at 16:08, Graham Street <grahamstr...@streets-ahead.com> > wrote: > > Have you checked if your router is vulnerable to being hacked? > https://twitter.com/StreetsAheadcom/status/852281163641229319 > <https://twitter.com/StreetsAheadcom/status/852281163641229319> > Its also worth calling Zen if they supplied your router. > > Graham > >> itsagr...@icloud.com <mailto:itsagr...@icloud.com> 26 April 2017 at 15:56 >> Hello all, >> >> Some dodgy nastiness has got into something here and keeps changing the DNS >> Server IP addresses on our router. I modified them yesterday to point to >> Zen’s DNS addresses (we are with Zen!) but today I found they were back to >> something dodgy again. I updated them about 45 mins ago then checked again >> 10 minutes later and they had been altered again! These no doubt have been, >> and are, responsible for redirects to spam and worse web pages on our Macs >> and iOS devices at home. >> >> I’ve downloaded a trial of ClamXav which is running as I type. >> >> Is there anything dear fellow SMUGgers would suggest I do to resolve it and >> what can be done to stop it happening again. We’re both very aware of dodgy >> emails and the link, clicking on stuff in emails and the like but is there >> anything else to be aware of? >> >> Also, I notice that in my Safari > Prefs > Privacy > Manage Website data … >> there are suspicious/unwanted entries in there which if I select and delete >> return again. Doesn’t seem right! Any thoughts on that? >> >> Any help or suggestions appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> Stephen >> >> >> “The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude >> bigger than to produce it.” ~ Brandolini’s law >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to smug@googlegroups.com > <mailto:smug@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
