Strange Behavior with Apple.com

thuh freakthuh freak
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I have win2k at work, with ie 6 or something, but I don't suspect the pc to be the cause of this problem. Often, recently (since maybe a week or two ago), random links to (even from) Apple's site (apple.com) redirect me to their store. Sometimes, re-entering the link will work. I tossed it up to bad links, and apple maybe using a creative-marketing type 404 page, but i just got it to happen on http://www.apple.com, and that shouldn't ever 404. Is anyone else noticing this? I find it really strange. Maybe its a subconscious thing, my mind pushing me to place my order (before my bank account is ready). i'm scared.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    jimdreamworxjimdreamworx Posts: 1,092member
    Apple uses Akamai servers, and who knows, maybe their servers are serving up apple.com in weird ways. Does anyone know if Akamai is a Wintel shop? Maybe they got hit with these M$ virii flying around the Internet?
  • Reply 2 of 4
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    Isn't there a website that will tell you the platform/web server software of web servers? I've forgotten where it is. I'd be surprised if Akami used Windows/Internet Information Services, as Apple use Akami and I wouldn't expect the (recent RPC exploit) virus to have such an effect on a web server or even a browser.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    are you guys experiencing this too, or is it just me?
  • Reply 4 of 4
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Stoo

    Isn't there a website that will tell you the platform/web server software of web servers? I've forgotten where it is.



    Apple uses "Apache/1.3.27 (Darwin) PHP/4.3.1" on Mac OS X as of yesterday:

    http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.apple.com



    www.apple.com has been working fine for me for ages. It sounds like it must be a problem on your end.
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