Thread: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options
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Old 18-08-2009, 20:32   #114
Jon T
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Re: Virgin Media Hijack customers browser search options
There isn't a setting on your PC that controls the search page, it's a re-direct triggered by an unsuccessful lookup from the Virgin DNS servers. Instead of returning a "cannot find the record" type of reply, therefore triggering a 404 error on your PC, virgin tell your browser to go the the virgin search page. It's all done via the DNS servers, nothing local on your PC at all.
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