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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

With Firefox 3.6, if I type a non-url into the address bar, it takes me to Earthlink search. How I fix this?

spectaculartimes
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In the past, when I would type, for example, "wiki Beatles" into the address bar, it would take me to the wikipedia entry for The Beatles.

Now, it directs me to an awful "Earthlink / Yahoo" search page. It is incredibly annoying.

How do I fix this?

In the past, when I would type, for example, "wiki Beatles" into the address bar, it would take me to the wikipedia entry for The Beatles. Now, it directs me to an awful "Earthlink / Yahoo" search page. It is incredibly annoying. How do I fix this?

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the-edmeister
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Is Earthlink your Internet Service Provider?

If so, ask their support how you an opt out of their DNS "helper service" or their "web error redirection service" (or whatever Earthlink calls that questionable service).

cor-el
cor-el
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See:

spectaculartimes
spectaculartimes Vraag-eienaar
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Earthlink is not my ISP.

But as of today, the problem seems to have gone away on its own.

Thanks for the replies!