Unable to access certain site???

Can somebody PM me that knows about internet related issues because I am not sure what is going on and where I should be starting.

I made another thread about this but it didn't get any replies.

I am trying to access a certain site and I cannot get to it. Every time I type in the address, it takes me to a different site that has what appears to be an IP address in the address bar.

Anyone know what I am talking about?

well, for whatever reason, the site is redirecting you.

have you been able to get to this site before?

is it someone's personal site?

is it "vice" related (gambling, porn, alcohol, etc - these have a huge possibility of trying to throw something nasty on to your computer)?

i've been there before and would frequent it regularly. Yes, it is a "vice" site. It worked fine before but now it just stopped letting me get on it.

someone may have purchased the url and set it to redirect you somewhere you don't want to be.

you could try googling the site by name and see if you find anyone discussing it, or a possible renaming of the site by it's owners (or former owners).

I tried to to Google it and it took me there, then redirected me to the other site. I talked to other people and they said that they can access the site and don't have any problems with it.

Clear your cache in your browser.

Hmmm, 6000th post =no life.

ha! you have an extra couple years on me and less posts - so don't use that as your gauge... please. ;P


oh, yeah, if others can get to the site, try what baggss said.
i'm assuming you're restarted too?

cleared the cache and nothing changed.

Do you have the site bookmarked?

have you tried different browsers?

which are you using now if not?

eric said:

ha! you have an extra couple years on me and less posts - so don't use that as your gauge... please. ;P

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Suddenly I feel better.

You haven't recently downloaded any "codecs" at the request of a website recently by any chance

If that was the case you will be getting frequent re-directs

louishen said:

You haven't recently downloaded any "codecs" at the request of a website recently by any chance

If that was the case you will be getting frequent re-directs

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I don't think that one did that, did it?

The Zlob trojan adds alternate DNS settings to Mac OS X and redirects browsers to gambling and other sites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlob

louishen said:

The Zlob trojan adds alternate DNS settings to Mac OS X and redirects browsers to gambling and other sites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlob

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Cool.I actually have a copy of the "codec", just not installed. He's hitting the right sort of sites to have downloaded it too.

Just in case that sounds like it is the problem, here is the solution

http://www.macworld.com/article/60823/2007/10/trojanhorse.html

what other browsers could I use for mac?

What other browsers could I use with a mac? I've only known of safari.

Alternate browsers: Firefox or Opera.

If this is a problem with your DNS settings you will still have the same problem regardless of the browser you use.

Your trojan is likely "OSX.RSPlug.A"
You can find more information at intego.com
and in macworld (where just search on that trojan name and you'll find some information about resolving it).
The trojan keeps changing the DSN.
A link a link a link and I find I'm in PC World's description of the problem, and their link to Securemac's DSNchanger Remover tool (which apparently is free).
btw, I downloaded "avast!" protection from the apple website; it didn't find the trojan.


update:
I followed the instructions at the macworld site for manual removal. It works. I also confirmed I didn't have the trojan with the securemac's tool, and its report: no trojan found.
If you have 10.4, I'd suggest just using the tool.
good luck.