Firefox appends 'www' to results in a Google search

I'm using Firefox 4, and all the results of a search in Google have 'www' in the url (in green). That doesn't happen on IE.
For example, if you search using the keyword '''inurl:https://''' you may see results like:
www.https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/
www.https://sede.ine.gob.es/
www.https://www.bankinter.com/
I don't know if it is a bug on Firefox, or something with Google, but just wanted to post it here because the same isn't happening on IE.

You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".
* Google "I'm Feeling Lucky": http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
* Google "Browse by Name": http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/keyword.URL
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search

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