Opendns problem

[TheGoldenVision]

Today I suddenly can't access the Betfair site from my laptop. I get a message saying that the site has been blocked by something called OpenDns.

I have never installed such a prog on my laptop and have no idea how it suddenly popped up or how to get around the problem. I have tried to do a restore settings but that didn't help.

At the moment, at home, I have a main desk top computer in the office which is hard wired to a router. I use the router to access the internet via wifi for my laptop. The desktop can still access the Betfair main site.

I can still use the Betting Assistant on my laptop with no problem but if I need to access the BF site I cannot do it.

Any ideas how I can remove this obstruction??

The desktop is on the XP system and my laptop is using vista.

Thanks for your help

[GaryRussell]

It's not actually software that is installed, it's a configuration setting. It sounds like your DNS server settings have changed.

See http://www.plus.net/support/software/dn ... ista.shtml

I suspect you haven't got "Obtain DNS server address automatically" ticked and instead it is configured to use the open dns server which is either 208.67.222.222 or 208.67.220.220. Select the automatic option.

[TheGoldenVision]

Many thanks Gary... you were spot on. The settings had changed but I haven't a clue how that had happened.

Hohum.... another one of those mysteries of t'interweb.