It's never bothered me, really, but Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS#Is ... edirection]addresses this in their article on OpenDNS. Quick summary: you can disable it by preference if you have an account, and in Mozilla there's an extension you can install or you can take the navclient sourceID out of the keyword search URLs.
For those who need detailed instructions on how to set this up:
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Then the horns kicked in...
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For those who need detailed instructions on how to set this up:
Quote:1. Select Control Panel from the Start menu.-- Bob
2. Click Network Connections from the Control Panel choices.
3. Choose your connection from the Network Connections window. If you have more than one, choose your default/current connection.
4. Click Properties button.
5. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
6. Click the radio button Use the following DNS server addresses and type in OpenDNS addresses in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields.
Please write down your current DNS settings before switching to OpenDNS, in case you want to return to your old settings for any reason.
Preferred DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.222.222
Alternate DNS server address for Open DNS is:
208.67.220.220
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.