[ken21]

off topic, exucse me.

i have firefox updated.

tonight i went into yahoo.com to drudge.com

and i got this in my top address bar:

>http://raycleveland.org/<

i copied it and inserted it into a new window and drudge comes up.

what is this?

thanks,
ken

[CedarDave]

Have no idea, but sounds like a redirection but why don’t know.

[FreedomPoster]

Very odd. I would be very suspicious of anything at that link. While it looks like Drudge, it does not resolve to the same Internet IP address as Drudge. So you have no idea what you are getting.

C:\>ping raycleveland.org

Pinging raycleveland.org [70.84.139.162] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 70.84.139.162: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=49
Reply from 70.84.139.162: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=49
Reply from 70.84.139.162: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=49
Reply from 70.84.139.162: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 70.84.139.162:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 54ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 55ms

C:\>ping www.drudgereport.com

Pinging drudgereport.com [66.28.209.219] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.28.209.219: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.28.209.219: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.28.209.219: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=48
Reply from 66.28.209.219: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=48

Ping statistics for 66.28.209.219:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 97ms, Maximum = 98ms, Average = 97ms

C:\>

The domain appears to be registered to one Ray Cleveland in St. Paul.

[zeugma]

I’m confused. Was it a link at yahoo that claimed to be a link to drudge, or does your browser take you to that site when you put “www.drudgereport.com” in your address bar?

If the former, I’d say someone has subverted the yahoo page you were on in some way, if the latter, then you might want to scan for viruses.