re: www.winehq.org resolves to smth strange.

[Dan Kegel]

Kirill wrote:
> I've noticed very strange thing today: www.winehq.org resolves to
> http://searchportal.information.com/index.mas?epl=00630086VFAXVE0DWlgVVRBeVw...
>
> This site claims to be winehq.org.
>
> "Winehq.org - What you need, when you need it"

Two ideas.

1. Your ISP or browser has been programmed by your vendor
to go to that portal whenever any DNS site can't be resolved,
and you had a temporary name lookup problem.

2. Somebody poisoned a DNS cache somewhere.

What happens if you go to http://www.nowaythisisvalid.com ?

www.winehq.org resolves to smth strange.

[Philip A. Marshall]

On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 13:21 -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Kirill wrote:
> > I've noticed very strange thing today: www.winehq.org resolves to
> > http://searchportal.information.com/index.mas?epl=00630086VFAXVE0DWlgVVRBeVw...
> >
> > This site claims to be winehq.org.
> >
> > "Winehq.org - What you need, when you need it"
>
> Two ideas.
> - Your ISP or browser has been programmed by your vendor
>
> to go to that portal whenever any DNS site can't be resolved,
> and you had a temporary name lookup problem.
> - Somebody poisoned a DNS cache somewhere.

If you're running on a windows machine it's possible your hosts file or
your DNS cache service has been hijacked by spyware/a trojan.  Make
sure your hosts file is clean, and then run "ipconfig /flushdns" to
clear your local caches.  (of course if you are infected with something
those changes may not stick)