This isn't new, and probably also relevant for other (nasty) DNS providers.
When they encounter a DNS they can't resolve - they redirect the request to some IP that ends up serving an advertisement or something similar, instead of returning a NXDOMAIN (non-existent domain) response to that DNS resolution request.
This gets very annoying if you use the address bar in your browser (Firefox, in my case) as a search bar as well: if you search for two words or more, the browser knows for sure it's...
OpenDNS domain hijacking
When they encounter a DNS they can't resolve - they redirect the request to some IP that ends up serving an advertisement or something similar, instead of returning a NXDOMAIN (non-existent domain) response to that DNS resolution request.
This gets very annoying if you use the address bar in your browser (Firefox, in my case) as a search bar as well: if you search for two words or more, the browser knows for sure it's...
OpenDNS domain hijacking