Hi,
I’ve been running the Avast Free Antivirus Network Inspector, and it intermittently flags “DNS hijack found” and indicates the hacked domains are www.msftncsi.com and www.msftconnecttest.com.
I’ve checked my router settings, I set the DNS to Google’s public DNS, and every time I’ve checked since making that change, I haven’t noticed any changes to settings. I started running the network inspector multiple times, not making any changes between runs (or doing anything for that matter), and sometimes it’ll still flag a DNS hijack and sometimes it’ll say I’m secure. I’ve also been using the mobile version of Avast, and that keeps saying my WiFi is secure; it hasn’t indicated a DNS problem.
When I type a non-existent URL, the browser says that the site can’t be reached, which I’ve heard is a good sign.
Could this be a false positive? If so, how could I be sure? Or, what could be triggering this DNS hijack flag?
Thank you.