Inactive No internet access: IPv4 DNS Server Reverts to 127.0.0.1

[Steven Cropper]

Hello

I've been driven mad by this over the last few days. I am a Windows 7 user who is unable to access the internet from my main PC (unless it is constantly re-set). The problem seems to be that the IPv4 DNS server is constantly re-set to 127.0.0,1, which I need to re-set to Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically to get a few moments of internet access before the suspected malware agent sets it back to 127.0.0.1.

I am running Kaspersky anti-virus software and have downloaded several others all of which have failed to find whatever it is that is causing this problem. I have been Googling this issue and I can see it is not an isolated problem.

Be very grateful for help. As suggested on other forums, I have downloaded TCPView and ProcessViewer, but I don't have enough information to know what to look for in using those tools.

Any suggestions??

Many thanks

Steven

 

[Broni]

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[Steven Cropper]

Thanks a lot for your response. I have been following advice from another forum as well, none of which has been able to cure the problem. As chance would have it, I have a new PC already on order. With the current PC, I'm minded to get all the data I need from it and reset to factory and give it away.

However, given I was running the highly rated Kaspersky internet security package, I'm a bit surprised to have suffered this in the first place. Any recommendations on malware protection for the new PC?

Many thanks for your help.

 

[Broni]

There is no perfect security program.
If you don't practice safe computing bad guys will get you sooner or later.