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Topic: localbitcoins.com redirects to google.com (Read 1182 times)

legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
The Golden Rule Rules
July 07, 2014, 07:10:55 PM
#18
it's still doing this for me
hero member
Activity: 603
Merit: 500
use .htaccess to redirect www to non-www url.
hero member
Activity: 547
Merit: 500
I have here does not appear that you said this situation
legendary
Activity: 2226
Merit: 1049
me too ... maybe a safety measure on their webserver?  Huh
probably misconfiguration.

Code:
user@server:~# curl www.localbitcoins.com


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Apache Server at www.localbitcoins.com Port 80



Looks like domain level misconfiguration. WWW CNAME is pointing to Google.
hero member
Activity: 625
Merit: 500
Errr wow, I can confirm that!

Yup, same here. Seems to be a recent thing too. I had "www.localbitcoins.com" as one of my browser bookmarks and I remember it simply redirected to the "www"-less version.

+1.
I don't recall getting redirected to Google in the past.
sr. member
Activity: 462
Merit: 250
Errr wow, I can confirm that!

Yup, same here. Seems to be a recent thing too. I had "www.localbitcoins.com" as one of my browser bookmarks and I remember it simply redirected to the "www"-less version.
legendary
Activity: 1974
Merit: 1029
And/or paranoia:

Code:
$ GET www.localbitcoins.com   ## from Perl LWP module
[…]
      

        

          

            

What happened?


            

The owner of this website (www.localbitcoins.com) has banned your access based on your browser's signature (141edd26d9e00ca1-ua24).


          


          
        

      

[…]

Did you curl as root? Wink
legendary
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1431
me too ... maybe a safety measure on their webserver?  Huh
probably misconfiguration.

Code:
user@server:~# curl www.localbitcoins.com


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Apache Server at www.localbitcoins.com Port 80


legendary
Activity: 1372
Merit: 1014
me too ... maybe a safety measure on their webserver?  Huh
legendary
Activity: 1974
Merit: 1029
-edit : typing in "localbitcoins.com" takes me to theright place.  but "www.localbitcoins.com" takes me to google, lol

Errr wow, I can confirm that!
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
The Golden Rule Rules

ok so it's not your DNS. what browser are you using, and have you tried running in safe mode (disable all extensions)?

I tried it just now.  Seems fine now.  Before, I used firefox and chrome and they both redirected to google homepage.

-edit : typing in "localbitcoins.com" takes me to theright place.  but "www.localbitcoins.com" takes me to google, lol
legendary
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1431

ok so it's not your DNS. what browser are you using, and have you tried running in safe mode (disable all extensions)?
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
The Golden Rule Rules
can you type this into the command prompt:
Code:
nslookup localbitcoins.com
and tell me what the output is?

legendary
Activity: 2058
Merit: 1431
can you type this into the command prompt:
Code:
nslookup localbitcoins.com
and tell me what the output is?
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
The Golden Rule Rules
Whenever I type localbitcoins.com it redirects to google.com.  What is the problem?

works fine for me https://localbitcoins.com should not redirect
you have a problem with your local routes, dns or browser hijack like some sort of addon that's redirecting, or toolbar.


thats weird, because if i type "localbitcoins.com/buy_bitcoins" it is okay but if I type "localbitcoins.com" it directs to google.com
legendary
Activity: 812
Merit: 1002
It works fine for me too. Are you trying to access it from a company work machine? Or some public computers won't let you access certain websites and will auto-redirect you.
hero member
Activity: 899
Merit: 1002
Whenever I type localbitcoins.com it redirects to google.com.  What is the problem?

works fine for me https://localbitcoins.com should not redirect
you have a problem with your local routes, dns or browser hijack like some sort of addon that's redirecting, or toolbar.
legendary
Activity: 1274
Merit: 1000
The Golden Rule Rules
Whenever I type localbitcoins.com it redirects to google.com.  What is the problem?
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