Search via address bar bug - use Yahoo/Verizon instead of Google
Firefox 37 and Windows 7: it's bad enough that Firefox browser is continously bugging me to change to crappy Yahoo search, now when I search via the address bar, I get a message, "are you SURE you mean to type XYZ" and when I select yes, I'm sent to Yahoo search page sponsored by Verizon - the design of the page is staight from 1998. What the heck is going on? Time to switch to Chrome or Mercury?
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Hello,
You can change you default search providers back to Google, please refer to article Search bar - add, change and manage search engines on Firefox.
Let us know if this helps!
You may have an ISP that automatically redirects you to a search page if a DNS look up fails. This takes the control from Firefox to do a search. You can contact your ISP and ask for a DNS server to opt-out of that feature. You can check if there is a link on the search results page to go to your ISP and opt-out.
You can set different DNS servers.
If you are using a Verizon supplied router, see this. http://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/fiosinternet/troubleshooting/network/questionsone/99031.htm