Blocking based on DNS wud be real time.. whereas for browser based checking will only be updating definition once a while say every 2-3 hrs.Plus DNS based blocking means even other apps will be protected against malware sites, not just browser.If u didnt turn on comp for some reason for 1 or 2days, and a new malware site comes up, and when u turn on comp next time, ur browser has still not downloaded latest blacklist... there is chance u can get infected.But with DNS based blocking, it wont be the case.
Please get me rid of this smart virus
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Yes but in case of malware site, cache will contain either "non-existent domain" or "infected domain"
so in both cases u r most likely to be safe.
plus opendns is used by millions, which means, DNS blacklist wud be updated within 5-10mins a new malware website is detected. So unless u r really very unlucky to be infected in those 5-10mins, it shud be safe. But this case is possible for any protection or even top most antivirus.
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may I add my little bit..
DNS cache poisoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OpenDNS as well as Google DNS are well protected against this.
so in both cases u r most likely to be safe.
plus opendns is used by millions, which means, DNS blacklist wud be updated within 5-10mins a new malware website is detected. So unless u r really very unlucky to be infected in those 5-10mins, it shud be safe. But this case is possible for any protection or even top most antivirus.
---------- Post added at 08:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:57 PM ----------
may I add my little bit..
DNS cache poisoning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OpenDNS as well as Google DNS are well protected against this.
I submit ....
As per Admin's suggestion, Maheshwar has changed his dns server to the Opendns server, instead of bsnl's native, dynamically assigned dns server. This seems to have solved the problem.. the Opendns server did not seem to find anything amiss with the dns request.. so the problem may not have been at the client side...
Here is a little something of interest to us..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/senthil/archive/2010/08/21/when-gmail-google-com-didn-t-actually-go-to-gmail.aspx
As per Admin's suggestion, Maheshwar has changed his dns server to the Opendns server, instead of bsnl's native, dynamically assigned dns server. This seems to have solved the problem.. the Opendns server did not seem to find anything amiss with the dns request.. so the problem may not have been at the client side...
Here is a little something of interest to us..
http://msmvps.com/blogs/senthil/archive/2010/08/21/when-gmail-google-com-didn-t-actually-go-to-gmail.aspx
i feel its better not to save passwords,credit card information,mail ids,addresses on home computer...When you are unaware of that whether you are being infected by virus,malware,trojans all your personal information would have been sent to hackers...
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