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Adding the FAQ page itself
author | Igor Sysoev <igor@sysoev.ru> |
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date | Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:34:35 +0000 |
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<!DOCTYPE digest SYSTEM "../../../dtd/article.dtd"> <article title="When I am trying to open Facebook instead I am getting “Welcome to nginx!” page" link="/en/docs/welcome_nginx_facebook.html" lang="en"> <section> <para> <b>Q:</b> I am trying to open Facebook (Yahoo!, Google, etc.) or some other well known web site and instead I am getting a blank web page with a message referring to nginx “Welcome to nginx!” or “404 Not Found / nginx”. </para> <para> I suspect something is wrong and there is probably a malicious attempt here to direct me to a rogue web page (for hacking my computer, phishing etc.). Why is that and what nginx has to do with my attempts to connect to Facebook (Yahoo!, Google, etc.) ? </para> <para> </para> <para> <b>A:</b> nginx is among the 3 most popular web servers in the world. It is a free open source software which is absolutely legitimate and has nothing to do with any kind of threatening or malicious activity per se. A web page saying “Welcome to nginx!” is one of the diagnostics responses that can be produced by a server running nginx. </para> <para> However, you are right in your assumption that something must be wrong with your computer or operating system setup when you are trying to access a well known web site and instead of a familiar page you get “Welcome to nginx!”. This should not happen if your computer is clean and safe. We recommend you to check and verify your operating system setup (possibly with the help of your ISP or support staff), but also it would be a good idea to install and run an anti-virus software on your computer. It may happen that some malign entity is trying to intercept the traffic from your computer and potentially cause significant harm to you and the other users on the Internet. </para> </section> </article>