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I've noticed that a lot of sites I visit (facebook, etc.) redirect to the wrong site. I think this is a DNS issue... and even though I change to 8.8.8.8, the pr

• Hemospectrum 14y ago
  Sounds like your DNS requests are being intercepted at the network level. Probably an infected router, but it could also be an evil ISP. If it happens even when you're on (for example) public wifi, then it's malware on your own computer.
  • tyrelb 14y ago
    Yeah, it's weird. I'm on a Mac, and use my own Wifi. I suspect it's my ISP's DNS... but never really bothered to followup. It's funny because sometimes if I go to facebook.com, it pops up with an SSL error - saying the site certificate belongs to another domain (eg: nonfacebook.com). Usually a reboot fixes it.
    • projct 14y ago
      it sounds like a trojan or other piece of malware. DNSChanger variants for OSX exist and might not have been affected by the FBI's efforts to shut down DNSChanger itself, though it could just as easily be some other malware. It could even be something that infected your router, such things exist. http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/03/23/2257252/botnet-worm-targets-dsl-modems-and-routers http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/03/23/2257252/botnet-worm-ta... You shouldn't take this lightly, and definitely shouldn't bank online or otherwise do anything that should require any kind of security until you resolve this.