cname error?

  • I recently changed my url from unitex.com.au to https://www.unitex.com.au

    Now when I do a wordfence scan i get the following error:

    Your DNS records have changed
    Old DNS records: false
    New DNS records: https://www.unitex.com.au points to unitex.com.au
    Severity: Warning
    Status New
    We have detected a change in the CNAME records of your DNS configuration for the domain https://www.unitex.com.au. A CNAME record is an alias that is used to point a domain name to another domain name. For example foo.example.com can point to bar.example.com which then points to an IP address of 10.1.1.1. A change in your DNS records may indicate that a hacker has hacked into your DNS administration system and has pointed your email or website to their own server for malicious purposes. It could also indicate that your domain has expired. If you made this change yourself you can mark it ‘resolved’ and safely ignore it.

    I have also noticed my index status has dropped by 90% in Webmaster Tools…

    Anyone have an idea how to fix this?

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wordfence/

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  • Just looked in DNS for one of my sites and there is a CNAME that points www to the main site @. Looks like yours is the opposite of that.

    Thread Starter Innovnate

    (@innovnate)

    unitex.net.au.unitex.com.au. CNAME unitex.com.au Delete
    unitex.co.nz.unitex.com.au. CNAME unitex.com.au Delete
    remote.unitex.com.au. A 203.45.186.2 Delete
    terminal.unitex.com.au. A 110.142.159.191 Delete
    autoconfig.protected.unitex.com.au. A 103.8.28.210 Delete
    autodiscover.protected.unitex.com.au. A 103.8.28.210 Delete

    thats my dnz zone editor details. I’m unfamiliar with these but I can’t see any issue?

    Normally you’d set a CNAME for www to point to your domain.

    www CNAME (main domain)

    From Google:
    A Canonical Name or CNAME record is a type of DNS record that maps an alias name to a true or canonical domain name. CNAME records are typically used to map a subdomain such as www or mail to the domain hosting that subdomain’s content. For example, a CNAME record can map the web address https://www.example.com to the actual web site for the domain example.com.

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