firmware mod kit does not do the job

[slobodan]

It is possible that my Windows has been infected while dnsmasq was crashing. I don't know for sure if it was infected, it might have something to do with a crack for DVDFab, or it might be a perverse effect of installing VMware. What I know is that I lost keyboard and mouse control over Windows. I have restored Windows several times from backup and after an hour or so I lost every time keyboard and mouse control over Windows. I have then restored from an older backup and it no longer happens.

Anyway, virus infection is not an excuse for dnsmasq dying under stress.

 

[pege63]

Is it a TRUE windows version with key?

 

[slobodan]

Yes, I bought the computer with Windows on it. The present Windows is however, downloaded, but the license is real.

 

[slobodan]

I have scanned the supposedly infected system with Bitdefender for Linux and it could not find any infection.

It could also have something to do with this: https://sha7rour.wordpress.com/2011...gning-in-windows-7-using-group-policy-editor/

I.e. something might have enabled driver signing without ignoring errors, and this might have been the cause of losing control over Windows. But I do not know what might have enabled driver signing (MBAM? not sure about it).

 

[RMerlin]

This is rather off-topic for this thread (and the whole forum actually), as this has nothing to do with your router.

 

[slobodan]

Ok, getting back on the horse:

I did:

#!/bin/sh
sed -i -e 's/\:\:/::1/g' ab-solution.sh
sed -i -e 's/0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa/g' ab-solution.sh

Then I have edited as follows:

# diff ab-orig-sedded.sh ab-solution.sh
--- ab-orig-sedded.sh
+++ ab-solution.sh
@@ -1885,8 +1885,9 @@
        if [ $ipv6_service == "disabled" ];then
                address_append=""
        else
-address_append="pc_append "address=/::1/::1" \$CONFIG
-pc_append "ptr-record=1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa,::1" \$CONFIG"
+               address_append=""
+#address_append="pc_append "address=/::1/::1" \$CONFIG
+#pc_append "ptr-record=1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa,::1" \$CONFIG"
        fi
 else
        if [ $ipv6_service == "disabled" ];then
@@ -1895,8 +1896,8 @@
        else
 address_append="pc_append "address=/0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0" \$CONFIG
 pc_append "ptr-record=0.0.0.0.in-addr.arpa,0.0.0.0" \$CONFIG
-pc_append "address=/::1/::1" \$CONFIG
-pc_append "ptr-record=1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa,::1" \$CONFIG"
+#pc_append "address=/::1/::1" \$CONFIG
+#pc_append "ptr-record=1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.ip6.arpa,::1" \$CONFIG"
        fi
 fi
 # add blocking files and blocking IP to dnsmasq only if ad-blocking is on

Then I have updated the ab-solution hosts. Then I have flashed John 25E1. But dnsmasq still dies when doing Zemana Antimalware. I have reverted back to 25E1 with dnsmasq from April 22.

 

[sfx2000]

More than 90% of the hosts you won't hit during your lifetime. It's insane for a home. Is your dnsmasq serving a large local community?

That's a lot of hosts - wonder how many of them are actually duplicate entries, or hosts that can be covered with a CIDR range rather than just IP - this is more relevant these days given the cloud...

 

[kvic]

That's a lot of hosts - wonder how many of them are actually duplicate entries, or hosts that can be covered with a CIDR range rather than just IP - this is more relevant these days given the cloud...

Repetitive duplicates are easy to remove. I think everyone is doing that already. So consider all those numbers unique.