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why isn't google I feel lucky url search working? *about:config is setup correctly*

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just lately the google I feel lucky from the url bar hasn't been working, it's not a case of being taken to a different search engine, I'm being taken to my isp's failed to find what I was looking for page. about:config is setup correctly.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== I noticed on the 5th of may

just lately the google I feel lucky from the url bar hasn't been working, it's not a case of being taken to a different search engine, I'm being taken to my isp's failed to find what I was looking for page. about:config is setup correctly. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == I noticed on the 5th of may

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cor-el
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking

You may have an ISP that automatically redirects you to that search page if a DNS look up fails. In such cases you need to contact your ISP and ask for a DNS server IP to opt-out of that feature.