I’m using Chrome, and I’ve set my search engine to Bing. This works the way I expect 99 times out of 100, but occasionally my searches go to search.SuddenLink.net
instead. Apparently, it’s legit URL. There's even a “Why am I here?” and “Disable this Service” links on that page; see picture below. But this continues to happen, even after using these settings to "Disable this Service."
Based on your Domain Name System (DNS) request, the ISP may capture it and transfer you to a "helpful" page.
It's becoming quite common for ISPs to start offering search pages for increased revenue.
What happens is that your browser goes to your Operating System for DNS information in a cache. From there, if the domain name is not in the cache, it will retrieve it from the router/modem. If the information is not cached there, a search on a DNS server will have to be preformed. Most ISPs host DNS servers to allow their clients to look up information.
Most routers/modems pass DNS server information via DHCP, a way of dynamically allocating local network IP addresses.
To change this behaviour:
Collected from the Internet
Please contact [email protected] to delete if infringement.
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