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domain name in address bar opens another website

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when typing my domain name without .com, it opens another website with a similar name.

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when typing my domain name without .com, it opens another website with a similar name. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened

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Firefox may do a Google Lucky search. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL

You can check the pref keyword~46~URL on the about:config page. You can open the about:config page via the location bar, like you open a web site.

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Firefox may do a Google Lucky search. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL

You can check the pref keyword~46~URL on the about:config page. You can open the about:config page via the location bar, like you open a web site.