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1 <!DOCTYPE digest SYSTEM "../../../dtd/article.dtd">
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2
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3 <article title="When I am trying to open Facebook instead I am getting
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4 “Welcome to nginx!” page"
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5 link="/en/docs/welcome_nginx_facebook.html"
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6 lang="en">
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7
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8
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9 <section>
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10
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11 <para>
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12 <b>Q:</b>
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13 I am trying to open Facebook (Yahoo!, Google, etc.) or some
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14 other well known web site and instead I am getting a blank web page
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15 with a message referring to nginx “Welcome to nginx!” or
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16 “404 Not Found / nginx”.
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17 </para>
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18
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19 <para>
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20 I suspect something is wrong and there is probably a malicious attempt here
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21 to direct me to a rogue web page (for hacking my computer, phishing etc.).
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22 Why is that and what nginx has to do with my attempts to connect
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23 to Facebook (Yahoo!, Google, etc.) ?
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24 </para>
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25
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26 <para>
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27
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28 </para>
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29
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30 <para>
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31 <b>A:</b>
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32 nginx is among the 3 most popular web servers in the world.
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33 It is a free open source software which is absolutely legitimate and
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34 has nothing to do with any kind of threatening or malicious activity per se.
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35 A web page saying “Welcome to nginx!” is one of the diagnostics responses
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36 that can be produced by a server running nginx.
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37 </para>
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38
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39 <para>
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40 However, you are right in your assumption that something must be wrong
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41 with your computer or operating system setup when you are trying to access
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42 a well known web site and instead of a familiar page you get
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43 “Welcome to nginx!”. This should not happen if your computer is clean and safe.
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44 We recommend you to check and verify your operating system setup
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45 (possibly with the help of your ISP or support staff),
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46 but also it would be a good idea to install and run an anti-virus software
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47 on your computer. It may happen that some malign entity is trying
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48 to intercept the traffic from your computer and potentially cause
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49 significant harm to you and the other users on the Internet.
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50 </para>
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51
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52 </section>
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53
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54 </article>
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