I have an unused domain name which is registered by Network Solutions and which I thought was turned off. However, entering the domain in a browser results in getting redirected to a double click generic advertising site.
The name resolves to the ip address of 208.91.197.27 which belongs to Confluence in the British Virgin Islands (wth ???).
Attempting to go to 208.91.197.27 port 80 results in a connection reset.
This ip address DOES have port 80 open, so obviously it is only responding to named queries and virtual hosting large numbers of sites which are probably all getting redirected to DoubleClick.
So, how is it that my domain name is getting directed to the Virgin Island and being virtual hosted to ads. Is this something Network Solutions is doing without my consent?
UPDATE
Here is the HTML redirect:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC> <html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>[sitename].com</title>
<style type="text/css">*{margin:0; padding:0; border: 0;} html, body {height: 100%;}</style>
</head>
<body width="100%" height="100%">
<noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://imptestrm.com/rg-erdr.php?_dnm=[sitename].com&_cfrg=1&_drid=as-drid-2300300503455222" /><center><p style="padding:1em; font-size:1.5em;">For search results please <a href="http://imptestrm.com/rg-erdr.php?_dnm=[sitename].com&_cfrg=1&_drid=as-drid-2300300503455222" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#0000EE;">CLICK HERE</a>.</p></center></noscript>
<div id="rmgblock" width="100%" height="100%"></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://imptestrm.com/rg-main.php?folio=7PO56U6JO&dmn=[sitename].com"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/apps/domainpark/show_afd_ads.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"> function collectHeight(){try{var e=Math.max(document.documentElement.clientHeight,document.body.scrollHeight,document.documentElement.scrollHeight,document.body.offsetHeight,document.documentElement.offsetHeight);document.getElementById("rmgblock").style.height=e+"px"}catch(e){}}try{window.onresize=collectHeight;collectHeight()}catch(e){} </script>
</body></html>