Basically, what is happening, is that your ISP is intercepting invalid domains (or what it thinks is invalid), and replacing it with something else. It can be a search engine, an advertisement or whatever they want. You need to opt out of this dns redirection. To do so:
Go to
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Log into your account (this is the main account for your isp).
Once logged in to Customer Central scroll down to
High Speed Internet Settings and next to
Domain helper: device 1 click on
edit.
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Check
Disable Domain Helper and then click on
Save.
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If your computer is directly connected to your cable modem, you will need to reboot your computer.
If you have a router directly connected to your cable modem, you will need to (a) reboot your router and then (b) reboot your computer.
To test if it worked, just go to
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If you see this it worked:
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