My website switched to whitehouse.gov?

Firefox opened up new webpage for no reason

[twist]

I was just working on my website checking on some photos I just uploaded when for no reason whatsoever the webpage went to [whitehouse.gov...] It didn't open a new page but changed my page to the new site. I could still click the back button and return to my page. I am using Firefox 1.0 browser and, to say the least, am completely baffled. I have never been to that website, ever! Only 3 possibilities, a bug in firefox, someone has hacked my website or I have a virus of somesort on my computer. My only question is why would any hacker or virus writer want me to visit that website of all places. This marks the strangest thing I have ever experienced on the Internet to date.

Anybody got any ideas?

[jo1ene]

Blame it on Bush. He's the reason for all our other problems.

JK
Couldn't resist.
Sorry, I have no idea.

[twist]

Blame it on Bush.

lol, for a second I thought some gov technician was testing out some all seeing eye program and accidently hit the wrong button.

But seriously, i'm a little creeped out,

I am running XP SP-2 with all updates
I used a updated virus checker with no results
I ran ad-aware with no results
I checked MSConfig and have nothing loading at startup
I only use Firefox
I check my mail through excite using firefox, and just delete all spam
Only program I have installed in the last month is a update to winamp
Run a hardware firewall with no open ports
I don't use IM or anything like that.

I read about a old virus that did something just like this back in 2001 but I don't think it would work today. I went to my hosts newsgroup and asked there in case it has something to do with their servers. I can't be the only one this has ever happened to, can I?

[trimmer80]

you may want check your host file ....

\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

and just make sure that there is not an entry for that url.

[Corey Bryant]

Are you able to change it?

-Corey

[twist]

Hosts file is clean and it only happened once. Well, probably some kooky virus, hope it doesn't do any major damage but I keep backups so i'll just forget about it until I get a chance to redo windows.