Hostname not resolving to local IP address

Question

I am running a Windows 8 VM inside of vmware Fusion. It runs inside a Mac running OSX 10.10 (Yosemite). The VM has a computer name of \"Proud\". When I ping the VM from within i

Answer 1

This is called DNS hijacking and is done by a lot of ISPs out there to redirect you on incomplete or wrong browser address inputs and show you these custom pages with advertisment 'Hey, we couldn't find your webpage Aple.com but maybe you look for Apple.com?'

Maybe this is whats happening here. Btw, ISPs break RFCs here.