@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ Q: I am trying to open Facebook, Yahoo!, Google, 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”. +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”. 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 +Why is that and what has nginx to do with my attempts to connect to Facebook (Yahoo!, Google, etc.) ? @@ -30,23 +30,28 @@ A: nginx is among the 3 most popular web servers in the world. -It is a free open source software which is absolutely legitimate and +It is a free open source server 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. +A web page saying “Welcome to nginx!” is one of the diagnostics +responses that can be produced by an Internet server running nginx. 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 +with your computer or browser, 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 entire system setup +(possibly with the help of your ISP or another support personnel), +and it would also 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. +to divert the traffic from your computer to a different server and +potentially cause significant harm to you and the other users on +the Internet.