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Page errors have continued to plague me, even after changing my DNS servers. A timely tip from PC World, Free Fix for the Latest DNS Exploit, has saved the day, and since I followed their advice, my online experience is once again an enjoyable one.

It turns out that a simple switch of one of your network settings will protect you from the DNS exploit. Just change your system (or your router) domain server configuration to bypass your ISP's domain servers and use those offered by OpenDNS. It's a two minute process and the steps are explained on the OpenDNS site.

After adding the OpenDNS domain name servers to my router, I haven't had a single page load error. OpenDNS has lots of other features that might also be useful, like site statistics, content filtering, adult site blocking, domain blocking and domain whitelisting. For anyone with a website and a static ip address, these features would be very handy. And best of all, it's free.