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Both Firefox and Waterfox browsers re-direct Conservative shopping site to Google
September 1, 2024
| re_tail20
Posted on 09/01/2024 7:40:20 AM PDT by re_tail20
There are plenty of good web browsers to use, and Firefox and its Waterfox spinoff, most of the time, are good. But I noticed something the other day about both of them. I was trying to log onto this Conservative shopping site called “Patriot Depot”, and when I would put the web address in, it would automatically re-direct to Google. This was true for both of them. I tried this with my other browsers, and the site came on just fine with them.
Perhaps some lefty programmer at Firefox put a re-direct as a practical joke. If true, given that it lowers my opinion of his company’s browser, the joke is on him.
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posted on
09/01/2024 7:40:20 AM PDT
by
re_tail20
To: re_tail20
More likely a virus attack. There was a big one that redirected Google, for instance, to Yahoo.
2
posted on
09/01/2024 7:42:14 AM PDT
by
dangus
To: re_tail20
Good catch... That is how these issues are found. You have to be observant.
3
posted on
09/01/2024 7:43:26 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Openurmind
4
posted on
09/01/2024 7:45:09 AM PDT
by
sauropod
("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
To: re_tail20
I just tried it with the following web address; https://patriotdepot.com/ and it went directly to the site. I also types in patriotdepot.com into the web address bar on firefox and it went directly to the site- not google
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posted on
09/01/2024 7:45:33 AM PDT
by
God luvs America
(6young 3.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: re_tail20
Is Google your chosen default search engine in Firefox? Go change it in your settings to DuckDuck go and try it again.
6
posted on
09/01/2024 7:45:59 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: dangus
I like Firefox - and you’re right - this could be a virus attack. Let’s hope Firefox gets it fixed... soon.
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posted on
09/01/2024 7:46:43 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Kamala kisses up and punches down - cgbg Biden said he would 'unite' the country too. He lied.)
To: lysie
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posted on
09/01/2024 7:51:10 AM PDT
by
lysie
To: God luvs America; re_tail20
“I just tried it with the following web address; https://patriotdepot.com/ and it went directly to the site. I also types in patriotdepot.com into the web address bar on firefox and it went directly to the site- not google”
ditto here ... no probs with FF64 OR chrome
sometimes though, you have to double quote links to tell the browser to go to the link instead of searching for the link ...
9
posted on
09/01/2024 7:52:24 AM PDT
by
catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: re_tail20
DuckDuckGo
“patriot post”
Worked fine
10
posted on
09/01/2024 7:54:17 AM PDT
by
dagunk
To: re_tail20
I spotted this about a month ago, actually, for both browsers. Since then, I’ve updated both when they’ve come down, but still the same result. Perhaps I’ll uninstall both, and reinstall, and see if that works.
To: sauropod
Back when Cryptojacking was a new thing the only way to tell was if your fan and resources were screaming even though you were letting it sit there idle doing nothing. You had to be observant enough to know that there was absolutely no way it should be burning that many resources for no reason.
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posted on
09/01/2024 7:59:21 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: re_tail20
Choose DuckDuckGo or another search engine as your default search provider in the browser.
This is easy to do.
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posted on
09/01/2024 8:07:02 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: re_tail20
Works, and shows as a sponsored link on Google search, meaning the company pays to make it come up on top of the results . A good business decision.
14
posted on
09/01/2024 8:11:05 AM PDT
by
bigbob
To: re_tail20
Just tried it and the search results took me straight to Patriot Depot.
15
posted on
09/01/2024 8:16:07 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: re_tail20
Marketing post.
Pure BS post to promote a site.
16
posted on
09/01/2024 8:28:08 AM PDT
by
NoLibZone
( Scary that a party can "run" a candidate that doesn't feel any need to campaign.)
To: NoLibZone
“Marketing post.
Pure BS post to promote a site.”
Know what? That thought came to me too. Considering the username...
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posted on
09/01/2024 8:31:12 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: re_tail20
Just tried it. Didn't happen on my system.
Maybe your problem isn't Firefox?
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posted on
09/01/2024 8:31:29 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: re_tail20
Works for me. I’d guess DNS problems.
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posted on
09/01/2024 8:34:00 AM PDT
by
discostu
(like a dog being shown a card trick)
To: Salman
Just checked something else.
What a helluva lot of extraneous scripts run on Patriot Depot.
Sorry folks. Not shopping there.
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posted on
09/01/2024 8:35:10 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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