Mike in NKY
@fuse.net
| What's going on...Cincy Bell hijacking mistyped URL's???
I just noticed this - I'm not sure if has always been this way, or if this is a recent development: If I enter (in my web browser - FireFox and IE) a non-existent URL, I get a "hijacked" 'Page not found!' search page from searchresults.zoomtown.com.
This pisses me off, as I did not knowingly agree to have my traffic sniffed and hijacked by Cincinnati Bell/Zoomtown.
Obviously, if they are looking at invalid URL's, they are looking at valid ones too - who is to say they aren't logging every single thing you do?
I apologize if this is old news and/or not considered a big deal, but it is surprising to me.
Mike |
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qnadad
join:2004-05-30
Covington, KY
| It looks to me like they have a DNS proxy in place and are just returning keyword phrases from a search engine.
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>nslookup adlfkjas.com
Server: ns1.zoomtown.com
Address: 216.68.4.10
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: adlfkjas.com
Addresses: 64.158.56.45, 206.112.100.145
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>nslookup ggeje.com
Server: ns1.zoomtown.com
Address: 216.68.4.10
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: ggeje.com
Addresses: 64.158.56.45, 206.112.100.145
C:\Documents and Settings\Me>nslookup 64.158.56.45
Server: ns1.zoomtown.com
Address: 216.68.4.10
Name: unknown.level3.net
Address: 64.158.56.45
Aliases: 45.56.158.64.in-addr.arpa |
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