Charter & msn live search hijacking safari

so recently i've noticed that some websites will redirect to a 'search page' from charter. and just randomly, if i reload the address it will go to the site directly, sometimes it's not redirected it just goes directly. (sites like 'daringfireball.net' or my blog address, just random sites, it changes)
well then i noticed that it would ALWAYS go to redirected charter page when i only put the 'main' part of the address in, instead of the whole thing. i.e. just typing "apple" should go to "http://www.apple.com", but instead it would go to this site: "http://ww11.charter.net/search?qo=apple&rn=PcLMPddnp2HJcpY"
i then scrolled down to the bottom and clicked the 'About this Page' link. and found out that Charter was trying to be "helpful" and the only way to "opt out" would be to add a cookie. (doesn't it seem like i should have to add a cookie if i wanted to "opt in" not the other way around?)
anyways when i do 'opt out' then typing 'apple' in the address bar still doesn't take me to 'http://www.apple.com'; instead it takes me to a search results list from MSN Live Search: apple. that's almost even worse!!
and i can't figure out how to "opt out" of the msn hijacking. anybody else having this trouble? any suggestions?
i've already tried 'clearing cookies', emptying the cache, and restarting. nothing works. this is happening on both my iMac and macbook. and this only seems to be a 'charter' connection problem, because when i log in at a different location with another ISP it works just fine. i also contacted Charter and they said they don't support macs or safari, and told me to contact my browser developer.
thanks in advance for any help!

Hi Pastorabe,
Welcome to Apple discussions; )
Those DNS# values give by H_S, are from OpenDNS.
Your ISP, & many others have numbers to e enter in the DNS server field.
Many folks leave the DNS server field empty, not sure if that was the sase with yours.
In any case many of them can be found here on the PortForward page, look for the Common DNS Servers link.
Some in portforward such i.e, Earthlink's DNS # will still allow for highjacking, these are the opt out #s for Earthlink, that are not entered there.
207.69.188.171 (west coast)
207.69.188.172 (east coast)
If you're west of the Mississippi, use the west coast DNS server as your primary and the east coast as secondary. And vice-versa for those of you in the eastern U.S.
Quoted from an earthlink blog
The Verizon DNS # 's also work for many in the US..
Verizon (Level3) - these are not restricted to Verizon customers
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6
It is very nice not to be highjacked to an advertising page or other, isn't it?
Enjoy your Mac & happy browsing: )
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