I installed Tiger two days ago and this morning noticed that google.com redirects to a search engine (apparently) named SOGO at http://206.125.101.12/ - the address bar, however, reports http://www.google.com.
I also noticed http://www.boingboing.net redirects to http://www.net.net/search.asp?Keywords=boingboing - however, feed://www.boingboing.net/atom.xml connects just fine, sans the images, which require HTTP to retrieve.
Known so far:
- All https attempts to reach google time out.
- Google can be reached using their IP addresses.
- It's system-wide. Both Safari and Firefox behave identical. (I was using the new safari when it first happened.)
- It's not a caching issue.
- It's not a cookie issue.
- The only documented occurance I can find of this same thing happening to someone else is here - http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t31441.html - It was a Windows XP system.
- The domain associated with the IP address I'm getting redirected to is mne.com
- mne.com SOA ns1.dnsexit.com. jchen.netdorm.com. 2000060701 12000 2400 604800 1200
- mne.com name server ns1.dnsexit.com
- mne.com name server ns2.dnsexit.com
- It is not my ISP's DNS, nor a network-wide problem here at home. My slackware linux box on the same network has no problems.
I have read the joke of a FAQ at the redirected SOGO page. No, I haven't installed either of the applications mentioned. Yes, I have installed new free and shareware apps since upgrading to Tiger. The free app I've been using for over a year and trust - http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ - The shareware app is this - http://www.yousoftware.com/desktops/
I'll post more once I learn it. I've been a linux user for 5+ years and a mac user for 1+, I almost feel like I should ask a windows user what to do to "clean" my system, heh. But I won't be doing that.
I'm off to log out and see if this problem is user-specific, and not system-wide.
Any advice or knowledge on the matter is appreciated.
-jmichael
I also noticed http://www.boingboing.net redirects to http://www.net.net/search.asp?Keywords=boingboing - however, feed://www.boingboing.net/atom.xml connects just fine, sans the images, which require HTTP to retrieve.
Known so far:
- All https attempts to reach google time out.
- Google can be reached using their IP addresses.
- It's system-wide. Both Safari and Firefox behave identical. (I was using the new safari when it first happened.)
- It's not a caching issue.
- It's not a cookie issue.
- The only documented occurance I can find of this same thing happening to someone else is here - http://forums.spywareinfo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t31441.html - It was a Windows XP system.
- The domain associated with the IP address I'm getting redirected to is mne.com
- mne.com SOA ns1.dnsexit.com. jchen.netdorm.com. 2000060701 12000 2400 604800 1200
- mne.com name server ns1.dnsexit.com
- mne.com name server ns2.dnsexit.com
- It is not my ISP's DNS, nor a network-wide problem here at home. My slackware linux box on the same network has no problems.
I have read the joke of a FAQ at the redirected SOGO page. No, I haven't installed either of the applications mentioned. Yes, I have installed new free and shareware apps since upgrading to Tiger. The free app I've been using for over a year and trust - http://desktopmanager.berlios.de/ - The shareware app is this - http://www.yousoftware.com/desktops/
I'll post more once I learn it. I've been a linux user for 5+ years and a mac user for 1+, I almost feel like I should ask a windows user what to do to "clean" my system, heh. But I won't be doing that.
I'm off to log out and see if this problem is user-specific, and not system-wide.
Any advice or knowledge on the matter is appreciated.
-jmichael