Comments on: Dodgy Domain Scams http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/ Like electrons in the aether... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kesenta http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1156 kesenta Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:34:16 +0000 http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1156 under the dns tab in advanaced tcp/ip settings (windows machine), if "append parent suffixes of the primary dns suffix" is not ticked, it will cause the above mentioned problem under the dns tab in advanaced tcp/ip settings (windows machine), if “append parent suffixes of the primary dns suffix” is not ticked, it will cause the above mentioned problem

]]> By: frater http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1155 frater Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:52:57 +0000 http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1155 Ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks Richard ;) I've also noticed however that this doesn't happen from my parents house (I was trying to demonstrate to my brother.) Is it likely to be a windows setting that does this? All machines in my organisation are homogeneous so it's likely they would all have the setting if it was set in our soe. Ahhhh that makes sense. Thanks Richard ;)

I’ve also noticed however that this doesn’t happen from my parents house (I was trying to demonstrate to my brother.)

Is it likely to be a windows setting that does this? All machines in my organisation are homogeneous so it’s likely they would all have the setting if it was set in our soe.

]]> By: Richard Salts http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1154 Richard Salts Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:06:46 +0000 http://frater.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/dodgy-domain-scams/#comment-1154 It's because windows is adding .com.au to your search path. These people own http.com.au and if you go to http.com.au with a host header other than http.com.au it gives you the ratedx page. If you go there with http.com.au it gives you some, possibly bogus, search engine. It’s because windows is adding .com.au to your search path. These people own http.com.au and if you go to http.com.au with a host header other than http.com.au it gives you the ratedx page. If you go there with http.com.au it gives you some, possibly bogus, search engine.

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