On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 02:39:35PM +0530, Gautam John wrote:
> I'm not sure what this is called but earlier, when I typed in a name

DNS hijacking.

> into my Firefox address bar it would return a Google search or, if
> famous enough, connect to the website the keyword specified.
> 
> Now, it seems to redirect to:
> 
> http://airtel.onspeednx.com/
> 
> WTF?
> 
> Is there anyway to change this behaviour?

Use alternative DNS servers (OpenDNS, but change the default
behaviour) or run your own caching DNS server (I do, at home).

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