A friend could not access the inet but could get emails. Whenever he tried a search engine, Google or Yahoo, he was told Internet Explorer was out of date and needed upgrading. Needless to say he didn't click on the link offered. He asked me to check his machines out because he thought he must have a virus despite running all manner of checkers. I checked all his machines out and they all showed the same problems. I logged an android tablet on to his network and this too had exactly the same message. I concluded that there was a DNS problem but the router (TP link) wouldn't let me in. Windows showed a DNS address like nothing I'd ever seen. I did a factory reset. I got in and set it up again. All is now well. Now the question. Can someone get into a router from outside or could a virus in a networked machine gain access to a router to reconfigure it?
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9 years ago