How to check if your Router is hacked
F-Secure Router Checker
When you type www.thewindowsclub.com in your browsers address bar, your computer looks up the IP address against this domain name, and then contacts the server and requests it to load the web page, DNS stands for Domain Name System and this helps a browser in figuring out the IP address of a website so that it can load it on your computer. DNS cache is a file on your or your ISP’s computer, that contains a list of IP addresses of regularly used websites. Since the DNS is important in rendering the correct web address, hackers & scammers try and compromise it for criminal activity. This is called DNS Cache Poisoning. When the DNS is poisoned, you can get redirected to malicious web pages, instead of your legitimate site. Thus they re-route your Internet traffic using “rogue DNS servers”. F-Secure Router Checker will scan your computer and check if your DNS settings or Router has been compromised or hijacked, and inform you if it detects poisoning. To use this tool, visit this link and click on the Start now button. In a few seconds, you will be told if your Internet connection is safe or not. The details of your DNS server’s IP address along with the details of your IP address will also be listed. Read next:
Check if rogue DNS Changer malware has changed your DNS settings.Flushing the Windows DNS Cache is a good way to clean up and reset your computer’s DNS cache.
