Clear DNS Cache to protect your privacy. (Clean, Enable, Disable DNS Cache - Windows XP, Vista & Windows 7)

DNS Cache (Caching Name Servers)It is a process that is stored query DNS of an application (, FTP client, Yahoo! Messenger, etc.…). In general, this process helps servers that hold domain names to store for a while (Determined by the server configuration) data query on the user's end. In this way, we obtain a higher response speed server or web server that holds data about an application and creates a communication bridge between the PC and server.
Several applications use DNS cache during runtime application to check updateAPIs, updates or even validity of licenses.

If you are curious to see which servers have DNS caches on your PC open (with the privileges of administrator) a (Ctrl+ Win> > Enter) and type:

ipconfig /displaydns
dns cache

To clean DNS Cache, Type in CMD:

ipconfig /flushdns

In CMD you will need to receive the message:

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

Activation and deactivation DNS cache (DNS Client service:

net stop dnscache 
net start dnscache

Reference DNS Cache (Recursive and caching name server) (Wikipedia).

- CLEAN, ENABLE & DISABLE DNS CACHE.

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