On Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:22:44 PM Joachim Schrod wrote:
On 04/10/14 18:24, C. Brouerius van Nidek wrote:
Where should I start looking for this problem?
Small additional side question. My wife's Windows computer also got the problem. She is still on Windows but the change to Linux looms :).
She was at least instructed not to update any files so no virus for the time being.
Where do I find the changed suspicious DNS ? Anybody within reach with a basic understanding of Windows? The last Windows I worked with was the version 3.1.1.
Do you have a router that gives out IP addresses for your home network?
I.e., is your Linux system and your wife's Windows system configured to use DHCP? If your Linux system uses DHCP (check /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-* if you don't use NetworkManager), there's a good bet that this is used by Windows, too.
Then the problematic DNS entry is handed out by your router. As Marcus and Andreas wrote, quite some routers (especially AVM Fritz-Boxes) recently had a serious vulnerability that is actively exploited.
Thank you Joachim for this information. I am using ifup because it worked from installation on. Never bothered to work with NetworkManager. Would that have spared me the actual problems? With networking I am a total novice. I have at the moment three computers connected on one router, a TP-Link TD-8840T. I have never started to connect the three via the router so I assume that they all separately connect to the internet. I seem to need working on this for me new chapter and would highly appreciate some hints at where to begin. My computer is 24/7 on the net, the other machines when the are in use. Could be the start of a new setup. Constant -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 and LXDE on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 13.1 (i586) Kernel: 3.14.0-23.gfa168d7-default KDE Development Platform: 4.12.4 11:49am up 19:32, 3 users, load average: 1.66, 1.51, 1.30 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org