# Is anyone else getting hijacked?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394 "2005-12-13T07:36:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![simian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@simian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simian)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394/1 "2005-12-13T07:36:11Z")

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When I go to [http://www.straightdope.com/](http://www.straightdope.com/) I get sent to one of those advertising sites. [http://www.straightdope.com/index.html](http://www.straightdope.com/index.html) gets me to the right place, anyone else getting this? I’m fairly sure it’s a DNS issue, but not sure.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394/2 "2005-12-13T07:37:11Z")

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I’m getting there without a problem, so looks like it’s a spyware issue on your end.

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**Author:** ![ephemeral1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@ephemeral1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ephemeral1)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394/3 "2005-12-13T08:04:38Z")

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No problem here either.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394/4 "2005-12-13T09:23:05Z")

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No problem here; run a virus scan pronto.

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**Author:** ![simian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@simian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simian)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-getting-hijacked/335394/5 "2005-12-13T09:28:10Z")

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das weird, all works fine now … I still think it could be a DNS spoofing issue…

. Ad-aware … nothing found  
. Nortons … nothing found (yes, I know, not the best, but was already paid for)  
. Spybot S&D … nothing  
. MS Antispyware … nada …

thanks tho guys