Title: cname error?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# cname error?

 *  [Innovnate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innovnate/)
 * (@innovnate)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cname-error/)
 * I recently changed my url from unitex.com.au to [http://www.unitex.com.au](http://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: [http://www.unitex.com.au](http://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 [http://www.unitex.com.au](http://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?
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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cname-error/#post-5826585)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innovnate/)
 * (@innovnate)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cname-error/#post-5826634)
 * 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?
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cname-error/#post-5826765)
 * 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 [http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com)
   to the actual web site for the domain example.com.

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 * Last reply from: [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cname-error/#post-5826765)
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