How do you stop website redirects

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trainpainter Author

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How do you stop website redirects

When I do a web search I get redirected from the site I want. How do I stop redirects?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jun 4, 2011 12:25 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 4, 2011 3:06 PM in response to trainpainter

Open DNS prevents your ISP from redirecting your browser.

Open System Preferences / Preferences then select the Network tab. Click the Advanced tab then click the DNS tab.

Enter these numbers exactly as you see them here.

Click +

208.67.222.222

Click +

208.67.220.220

Then click OK.

More about OpenDNS here.

Topic : Manually provided DNS server addresses are higher priority than DHCP's

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Answer 2

Jun 4, 2011 3:04 PM in response to trainpainter

In Firefox > preferences > advanced > general; There's an option to warn when a site tries to redirect, and it prevents the redirection unless you click to allow.

I can't find any similar function in Safari.

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Answer 3

Jun 4, 2011 1:58 PM in response to trainpainter

Only on google or on everything?

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f65/jump-redirect-virus-on-mac-271112.htm l

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Answer 4

Dec 14, 2011 7:04 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

In my case the redirects were coming from the wireless router. I hit the reset button on the router and 100% of my redirects have been eliminated for more than 2 months now.

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