Everytime I click on a link through a search engine I am diverted to another search engine, why is that? Google + Bing are doing it!

Everytime I search something in google and bing, then go to click on a link, I am directed to another search engine, something like K Direct seems to be the main one. At first I thought this was a problem with Google but now Bing has started it, is this a firefox problem, a google + bing problem or a problem with my computer? Help!
== URL of affected sites ==
http://www.google.com and http://www.bing.com

Can you please copy and paste your about:support here? (Open a new window by pressing File > New , type '''about:support''' into the Location Bar, then press Copy all to clipboard .)

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