In Firefox 18.0.2 when opening google.com it always opens with https and when a google search is performed I'm redirected, why?
FFox 18.0.2 always opens in secure mode: https://www.google.com Upon performing a search in google many times the result from FF redirects me to a different page.
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Do the steps at Websites look wrong or appear differently than they should help?
The matter is getting redirected to a completely different site. I noticed that my office pc comes up as https://google.com and gives me trouble while my home pc comes up to http://www.google.com and I don't have these redirect issues.
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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
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Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
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- Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
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