Now this is weird. Safari can't find some servers and I've lost my avatar on the DU [View all]

Many favorites get a "Safari can't find server" but some work. Changed to Firefox with the same problem. All software is up to date. Turned the laptop on and off and still does not work. I can ping google just fine... Turned wifi on and off, nope.
The weird thing is I got two spam messages saying "thank you for purchasing Norton (I did not) and another one saying Thank you for purchasing McAffee.. This is weird. And no I did not go to any "strange" web sites...
Any ideas?
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