I just figured out what happened. I copied the url from the link on the
foxnews.com page yesterday. Someone there made a mistake. Instead of
putting in
www.foxnews.com they put wwwfoxnews.com. Once I corrected
the typo, I got the article I was supposed to.
On 06/09/2013 05:48 AM, Stephen wrote:
> Normal for me now.
>
> On Sunday, June 9, 2013, Derek Trotter wrote:
>
> Today I tried opening a link at foxnews.com <http://foxnews.com>.
>
> http://wwwfoxnews.com/tech/slideshow/2013/06/08/mind-meld-top-brain-controlled-techs/
>
> The link I saw at http://www.foxnews.com/ has a picture of some
> guy with a hat on and the words "brain-controlled tech" below it.
> I clicked the link and was taken to another site asking me to
> take a survey. I closed the browser and tried again. This time
> it also took me to another site, but told me I needed to update my
> flash player immediately. Of course I didn't. I'm interested in
> finding out whether or not there's something going wrong with my
> computer or if foxnews.com <http://foxnews.com> got hacked. Could
> at least one of you try the link and see if you get the same
> thing? I'm interested in whether my computer has a malware
> infection, foxnews got hacked or if somebody there is up to no
> good. Also I tried my vpn account to get IP addresses is this
> country and elsewhere. I always get the same dodgy site. I
> checked my /etc/hosts file and nothing is there that I didn't put
> there. Also clamav didn't find anything.
>
> With another thread in mind, I'm wondering if the NSA is messing
> with Fox News.
>
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> and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual."
>
> Patrick Moore
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