[dhs12345]

Hello, computer people... do you have any recommendations?

Thank you!

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk.

[Rashputin]

What ISP are you using? Could they be using Google by default and so you get set to that when you connect?

[Paladin2]

Embrace the suck...

[Dalberg-Acton]

Are you allowing MS Windows to abuse you?

[BenLurkin]

bkmk

[PIF]

There was a post yesterday (Home Routers Under Attack by NSA-Spawned Malware: What to Do) about a malicious router attack effecting certain brands of routers - NetGear was one of the brands. I think it was said that it was some sort of NSA derivative. Hard reset, a manufacturers' firmware patch, or by a new router were the outcomes as I remember now.

[Southnsoul]

Funny, I was looking into DNS servers this afternoon.

If you’re interested in protecting your privacy, Cloudflare, which is what I use, is highly recommended.

It’s also considered the fastest by many users.

Cloudflare: 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1

OpenDNS is also another good one on privacy in spite of its name.

Here is a good article with various DNS servers addresses...

https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062

[IgnaciKat]

Set your computers to get DNS from your router (one entry). Set your router to get DNS from your desired sources, in order.

DNS is the service to take a name (blahblah.com) to its actual IP address. I don’t worry about google using that nefariously, though I dislike them for just about everything else. They are reliable and quick, having never seen downtime or delays on their part.

[SecondAmendment]

All Roku devices are hardcoded to use Google DNS and cannot be changed. The reason for this in part is to enforce location verification for services that have regional restrictions.

[JamesP81]

ISP probably made the change.

Most home routers hand out DNS settings via DHCP. The settings they use are usually inherited from the ISP which also usually issues settings via DHCP.

[willyd]

I heard there was an nsa bug released that was doing this ... don’t have details

[Skywise]

If each computer switched on their own it has to be some software on each pc. Most likely the web browser and most likely a plug in on that browser that’s installed on all the PCs too.

I can’t think of any malware that would redirect you to google - Comcast would auto assign you to their DNS’ so I can only suspect some “helpful” program.

I’d also ask around in your house if somebody wasn’t trying to bypass your filters :)

[mass55th]

I have Spectrum (Time Warner) as my provider. I just checked the DNS on my MacBook Pro, which I use with Safari, and the DNS is one that is assigned to Spectrum. On my iMac, I use a VPN, which has it’s own DNS setting, and overrides any others. I have used Express VPN for several years now.

[Mariner]

Are you using the Firefox browser?

Their latest major update set the default search to Google, no matter what preference you had selected prior.