I have had constant entries in my event log (5-10 a day) that are of error 1014 DNS Client Events. They ALL read "Name resolution for the name www.linux.org timed out after none of the configured DNS servers responded."
Not sure what is causing these and why anything on my system is attempting to access www.linux.org. I tooked at the details of the error and noted that the PID that is creating the errors belongs to svchost.exe.
Check host file for linux.org entries. Make sure you're not running through a Proxy.
What is your primary and secondary DNS server listed as?
8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4, these are google's DNS servers. I checked the host file and there are no entries containing linux.org.
I had this same problem using my ISPs DNS servers, however, instead of linux.org, the errors were to:
dns.msftncsi.com
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) Home Page
wpad.si.rr.com
isatap.si.rr.com
and a few others. With the google DNS, only linux.org errors remain. I am just at a loss to figure out what on my system could be accessing linux.org.
I realize that, so how can I trace back to what on my system is attempting to access it?
Oooh I see now, haha.
You'll want to use the command "netstat" in command prompt.
I highly suggest running netstat /? do you can pick and choose your options.
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