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351735 2005-05-03 09:31:00 anyone know why i am being redirected to google.com.au when i type www.google.com? i am using opera, and this has only started today. i dont recall ever being redirected even to google.co.nz when using opera, (although it happpens in IE). any ideas? Kindel (6640)
351736 2005-05-03 09:44:00 In your country settings in control panel is it set to New Zealand ? Also have you scanned for Spyware/Adware ? Overdrive_5000 (4950)
351737 2005-05-03 10:33:00 Have a look in your Hosts File to see what is there.
Good idea to check for spyware too.
Safari (3993)
351738 2005-05-03 12:33:00 It's a DNS thing - they point you to whatever domain is on the register. I don't know why they chop and change, but I suspect it may have something to do with availability and load etc at the Google end. vinref (6194)
351739 2005-05-03 13:54:00 Its not spyware, OS, Browser dependant.

Ive run it in Linux, Doze, Firefox, IE, Opera, Konqueror... Sometimes it goes directly to Googel.com, sometimes its .com.au, sometimes it rejects me altogether giving me Page Not Found.

However using that same browser/OS, and a PROXY...... then things start to work. This leaves either DNS issues, or my IP Address is being resolved as a valid, aus, nz or US IP at the Google end.

My theory at least....
Chilling_Silence (9)
351740 2005-05-03 21:21:00 Akamai: en.wikipedia.org ninja (1671)
351741 2005-05-03 21:22:00 Sometimes it goes directly to Googel.com, sometimes its .com.au, sometimes it rejects me altogether giving me Page Not Found.


Not as wildly mistyped as the Inquirer example but possibly one reason for a Page Not Found :D
PaulD (232)
351742 2005-05-08 06:01:00 ok, thats the "why" answered, now i need the "how" to get it back to google.co.nz =) Kindel (6640)
351743 2005-05-08 09:43:00 http://www.google.co.nz/ Murray P (44)
351744 2005-05-10 06:41:00 yeah, im not stupid lol. ok, thats not quite the solution but itll do in the meantime. what about google.com, i cant actually access it without being redirected to .co.au Kindel (6640)
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