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December 23, 2003 at 09:07 AM
pricepd

Name resolution issue

by pricepd . Updated 22 years, 10 months ago

I have a Win2K server runing active directory, with DNS for internal use only. I am not resolving internet names, those are being forwarded to our ISP’s DNS server. Recently we were unable to connect to www.msn.com, all
other domain names could be resolved. This only happens periodically and can be solved if the win2k server is restarted. When this happens the users get the standard “Page cannot be displayed” message in IE. But the server gets redirected to www.yeah.com.

I realize this is probably a redirection from some spyware, but neither Adaware nor Spy Bot Search and Destroy have resolved the issue. I have also searched the
registry for any unusual entries or redirections, but can’t seem to find any.

This has my whole network screwed up because we have to reboot the server, sometimes 5 times a day. The work around I have given the users is to use www.msn.com’s IP address directly in the address bar of IE and that works.

Anyone have any ideas?

thanks

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