This also seems to afflict Apple Mac OS X users and apparently some Linux users, but not Firefox users. Google’s Chrome browser has been having problems with something known as the redirect, which may be botnet related. I’m not very happy to do this because my various Firefox extensions add functionality I value. Researching the problem, I came across concerns that the Chrome browser could have this behaviour, and the suggestion was to disable extensions. I thought this might be malware, but I have scanned with AVG and Malwarebytes, including anti-rootkit, and there is no indication of anything wrong. If I go back to the search results and click the same link, it usually goes to the correct site. Frequently, but not always, when I click on a link in a Google search result, it takes me to a page advertising something instead of going to the page indicated. I use the Firefox web browser with Adblock, and I run AVG anti-virus.
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