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Re-direct to dell/google page
I am puzzled by the following. I go to the boston.com website and click on a sports article. As soon as I do it, the page re-directs to another page whose url is http://www.google.com/hws/dell-usuk-rel/afe?hl=en&channel=us&s=http://multimedia.boston.com/fedsearch?q. It apparently is called the Dell Search Page.
The first message on this page states, Sorry, we couldn't find http://multimedia.boston.com/fedsearch%3Fq. The rest of the page has every conceivable link with the word 'boston' in it, including boston.com!!
This does not happen with any other article I open on boston.com - just the sports articles!!! It does not happen on any other website. Only the sports articles on boston.com.
What is this and how can I get this to stop occurring??
joe53
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February 28th, 2009 15:00
You have one of the Dell/Google redirector add-ons (pre-loaded by Dell) in your Internet Explorer, which can (and should) be disabled.
To selectively disable add-ons, in your IE:
Click on Tools>Manage Add-ons in IE6, or Tools>Manage Add-ons>Enable or Disable Add-ons in IE7
A "Manage Add-ons" dialog box will appear.
Hi-lite a selection to disable it, using the radio buttons at the bottom.
The one you want to disable likely will contain one or more of the following terms (or similar):
Dell
Google
AFE
redirector
assistant
CBrowserHelperObject
BAE.dll