[X-Newbies] Open DNS - how to get rid of it!

[GL]

yes that was done (the lock)

I truly think it was Comcast that did this --- often their techs are  
in denial until you browbeat them into the truth.




On Jan 24, 2010, at 12:53 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

>
> On Jan 23, 2010, at 6:53 PM, GL wrote:
>
>> I have no Trojans.
>
> Have you run an anti-virus program to verify this?
>
> Or are you just in denial?
>
>
> One last thing... Once you change your DNS settings back to what  
> you want them to be in:
> System Preferences --> Network --> Show: Built-In Ethernet --> TCP/ 
> IP --> DNS Servers
> There is a little lock icon in the lower left of the window.  Click  
> on it and your settings will be locked.  From then on the settings  
> the cannot be changed without you entering your administrator  
> password.
>
> You can find the domain name server(s) that are the fastest for you  
> with this nifty free program:
>
> NameBench (free tool to find the fastest DNS server for you to use)
> http://code.google.com/p/namebench/
> (Be sure to use it during the time of day you browse the Web the  
> most.)
> After NameBench tells you the fastest DNS servers for you, you can  
> manually update your DNS
> settings with the results in System Preferences --> Network -->  
> Show: Built-In Ethernet --> TCP/IP --> DNS Servers.
> NameBench requires OS X 10.5 or higher.
>
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>
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