RobbersHater
@rogers.com
| reply to RandomZero
Re: [ Express] Workarounds for Rogers' web hijacking
said by RandomZero :
The best and easiest way is to use 4.2.2.1/2/3/4 as your DNS servers.
They're fast, never go down, and I'm pretty sure they're corporate.
OK 
Can someone please give a quick rundown what this means and how i can implement it.
As of right now, I'm using FF with "Adblock". I don't see the popup but i still have to hit "Refresh" often.
Does this "DNS redirect" avoid the popup altogether?
TIA |
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Rogers user
@rogers.com | To change your DNS in Windows, go to Control Panel, double click Network Connections, right click on Local Area Connection, select Properties, then Internet Protocol TCP/IP , select properties, change the DNS servers. |
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RandomZero
join:2008-01-07
| said by Rogers user :
To change your DNS in Windows, go to Control Panel, double click Network Connections, right click on Local Area Connection, select Properties, then Internet Protocol TCP/IP , select properties, change the DNS servers.
yep.
If you're using a router then it might be easier to set the DNS in the router so any pc you connect will use it. |
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RobbersHater
@rogers.com
| reply to NETPRO
K, guys thanx for the replies. So, i went into my Linksys router and it says to sign up @ DynDNS.org.
Did that. Saved settings but i still get the pop up.
Forgive me noobness  .
Anything I'm missing? |
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StuckWithRogers
@rogers.com
| I don't believe redirecting your DNS lookup will do anything. Rogers is performing a man-in-the-middle attack. Regardless of whose server you did the DNS lookup at, rogers will still hi-jack any unencrypted HTTP traffic, and inject their code mid-transit. The best solution is blocking all traffic to/from 64.71.251.10 and hitting refresh everytime you get a blank page.
Acknowledging those messages to me, would be like agreeing with their ridiculous cap (which I don't) so I would NEVER acknowledge that message even to make it go away. Too bad rogers has a monopoly in my neighborhood, else I'd have switched to teksavvy in a heartbeat. |
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RobbersHater
@rogers.com | reply to NETPRO
Agreed StuckWithRogers.
I already have the ip blocked(FF with Adblock)and I am constantly hitting Refresh. I would just like to get around that popup altogether. |
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RobbersHater
@rogers.com | reply to NETPRO
One thing i have noticed about this popup is that it has NEVER popped up in my case when refreshing dslreports.com or the "Startup/Homepage" for Firefox with Google search engine.
....interesting.. |
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RobbersHater
@rogers.com
| reply to NETPRO
Something weird happening here but maybe good. Could be a coincidence but...
I've updated my XP OS to sp3 and so far, no injection popup.
I still use FF and have Adblock running but Adblock shows the dreaded Roger-Dodgers ip in the "blocked list" in red txt.
The red txt is not even appearing in the list.
I'm going through my bookmarks and refreshing pages that usually would be affected by now but nothing.
I'll post results later as well as maybe it's a fluke.
Or...maybe some weird coincidence has occurred that within sp3, there has been a security issue addressed that is similar to the tech rogers is using to inject this mess. |
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Netpro
@rogers.com | Maybe you just simply went into a new billing cycle. go to rogers.com and check your current usage. As long as it's below 75% for the current billing cycle, you won't see anything. Otherwise, the ip blocking is the most effective way. |
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RobbersHater
@rogers.com | reply to NETPRO
Nah, billing cycle is on the 10th of the month and i started noticing this change immediately after upgrading.
Still no popup btw. after quite a few hours. |
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RandomZero
join:2008-01-07
2 edits | reply to NETPRO
yep, confirmed that dns doesn't do anything for this 
Also, that 64.* ip address apparently does nothing.
I've added it and the dns to my hosts file as well as peer guardian and I'm still recieving the alerts.
Upon further testing (adding double spaces in my hosts file and browsing around different websites for the past 15 or so minutes), I've discovered I've yet to recieve another popup... Perhaps this does work? And you don't even have to refresh anything, it just doesn't display anything.. |
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elwoodblues
Elwood Blues
join:2006-08-30
Toronto, ON | reply to RandomZero
Fast is an understatement. I make a DNS change for work, and within minutes those Namservers are already updated.
This allows me to RDP home to test my changes |
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