Should have put this in my original post but for those who don’t want to read the article I linked above or don’t care to understand the exploit and just want a solution: “ahmadmbaghdadi April 7, 2021 at 3:07 pm The following steps work for Windows 10: Click the Windows logo on the bottom left corner and select Settings. Select Network & Internet. Select Proxy from the list on the left. Make sure “Automatically Detect Settings” is disabled. The following steps work for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7: Click Start or the Windows logo and then find Control Panel. In the control panel select Network & Internet and then Internet Options. Go to the Connections tab and select LAN Settings. Make sure “Automatically detect settings” is disabled.” Alternatively/additionally you can rename your domain name to something other than “domain.name” in your router’s settings. (Run Ipconfig /all from a command prompt and you’ll see it listed as the DNS suffix.)