Ever mis-spelled a web address and found your­self on the wrong web­sites or worse a Mega-Porn online stu­dio? If you think it’s just a coin­ci­dence — think again, because that is no coin­ci­dence, it’s a well-planned trick to get you on that site.

With OpenDNS, you can put that to rest and browse online securely with­out wor­ry­ing about jump­ing to a porno­graphic web­sites or sites host­ing mali­cious con­tents just by mis-spelling a web address.

OpenDNS is a globally-distributed Domain Name Sys­tem (DNS), Web con­tent fil­ter­ing and Typo cor­rec­tion secu­rity infra­struc­ture that allows you to browse the web securely.  Use their vast data­base of threat analy­sis to pro­tect your­self against phish­ing, spam, adult con­tents and harm­ful stuff online.

Click here to reg­is­ter for the free ser­vice and begin pro­tect­ing your­self online. Once you’ve reg­is­tered, click here to down­load OpenDNS Updater for Win­dows or Mac clients and con­fig­ure your DNS settings.

1) When prompted, click Run

2) Click the Install but­ton to install. Next click Fin­ish when fin­ished installing.

3) Enter your OpenDNS user­name and pass­word. If you don’t have an account, reg­is­ter for one.

4) Next, click start –> and type the terms ‘net­work and shar­ing’ in the search box. When it open, click Man­ager net­work con­nec­tions on the left.

5) Next right-click on ‘Local Area Con­nec­tion’ and select Prop­er­ties. Then select Inter­net Pro­to­col Ver­sion 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the list and click Properties.

6) Enter the fol­low­ing IP addresses in the DNS field. 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

7) Click OK when done. And that’s all to it. Now your DNS infra­struc­ture is now part of OpenDNS sys­tem which will be fil­ter­ing your con­tents and websites.