Do you know what a DNS server is? Every computer that accesses the Internet uses one. Hackers and scammers are hoping you don't know what a DNS server is, or don't monitor your DNS Settings.

Your DNS Settings Can Be Hijacked

Whenever you want to go to an Internet web site you type in an address such as www.google.com. Actually, this address does not really exist, rather it is the "friendly name" of a web site that is accessed by an IP address such as 200.200.200.200. Every computer on the Internet has an IP address, even yours. Obviously, it would be extremely difficult to remember all those addresses, so what a DNS server does is to translate the "friendly name" to the corresponding IP address. Every single computer on the Internet uses a DNS server to translate these addresses. Your DNS server is usually assigned to you by your Internet provider, and in many cases, this is done automatically in the background.

The DNS server you use can be easily overridden. A malicious application can override your default DNS server and tell Windows to use a different DNS server. You will never notice the difference and in most cases, there is no problem. However, what these "Poisoned" DNS servers will do is to change the IP addresses of some web sites to forgery web sites.

For example, say you want to go to the Bank of America web site to check your account balance. Rather than going to the real Bank of America web site, the Rogue DNS server takes you to a different web site that is a perfect forgery of the legitimate one. They may ask for user names, account numbers and passwords. They record these and can then access your account any time they want to. These DNS servers can be used for other purposes as well such as displaying child pornography, unwanted ads, and bogus search results. This is an extremely dangerous threat!

Your Anti-virus will not protect you

EZDNSWatch will keep an eye on your DNS settings and let you know if something changes them. You can easily change them back if this happens.

EZDNSWatch will even check your wired or wireless router for hacking vulnerabilities. We use the same techniques that viruses and trojans use, but we're the good guys and we'll tell you if you need to do something to make sure your router cannot easily be hacked.

EZDNSWatch also supports OpenDNS. OpenDNS is a free public DNS server that is guaranteed safe and also provides protection from phishing and other dangerous sites you might accidentally encounter while browsing the Internet.

We strongly recommend that our customers use OpenDNS instead of their normal DNS server. Using OpenDNS will prevent you from being a victim of DNS server cache poisoning. In many cases it also provides a noticeable speed boost because most DNS servers provided by ISP's are much slower than OpenDNS's servers. EZDNSWatch makes using OpenDNS quick and easy. You don't need to do anything except check the box in EZDNSWatch and you will automatically start using OpenDNS. Click here for more information on OpenDNS.

EZDNSWatch is totally free for personal use. It installs in seconds and will silently watch and protect your DNS settings from being hijacked or tampered with. It is a must have utility!

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