It may not be the user's problem and ... I have no cure. Lookup DNS POISONING on google.com to read up on the the issue that even I get from time to time.
Any service can get hit with the denial of service attack.
Bob
Running windows XP
I am writing this for someone else. Here is what is happening:
When connected to the internet with Verizon DSL they cannot load web pages. Verizon said they have a problem with DNS. Verizon had them try to ping www.yahoo.com and were losing packets. Verizon had no suggestions.
Any help would be appreciated.
Matt

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