Stop the OpenDNS Address Bar Hijack
I started using OpenDNS a few weeks ago. One thing I immediately noticed was that OpenDNS was hijacking my address-bar-initiated google searches. You know that feature in FireFox that, if the words entered in the address bar don’t match a website, it takes you to the google search for those keywords? Seems OpenDNS redirects that particular page of google to their own custom search. Yuck. Fortunately, there’s a way to fix it — by changing the default url.
I found this trick over at labnol.org. Simply change the about:config key keyword.url to http://www.google.com/search?q= and make sure keyword.enabled is set to true.
The default value of keyword.url is http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=. Most likely, OpenDNS has this particular string programmed into their system, to catch navbar searches from FireFox (and IE) with default settings. Change the setting, and you can skirt the redirect 
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sorry man…doesn’t work for me. thanks for the idea, though.
i updated my ff about:config as suggested…no dice. I’m still at opendns.
worst part is, I’m not even running opendns on my router anymore, and i’m STILL getting redirected to their service.
didn’t work for me either….all the stuff online wants me log in to open dns, yeah right, I’m going to log in to them and give them business. this company is scum
worked for me
thanks!
where’d the opendns come from?
i haven’t gone to any pages out of the ordinany and this just started happening one morning at work… possible someone was using my comp?
Sarah, haha! If it happened at work, check with your IT department… they probably set it up on the company network or something!