Often when I do a search and then click on the link I am redirected to a fake or phishing website. How can I stop this? Thank you!

Usually you would get to a phishing site directly by mistyping, or from the search itself.
You can avoid a lot of phishing sites with the following:
'''Tools > Options > Security''' 
''Known attack sites can be blocked here, uses information reported to Firefox and to Google.'' 
[x] Warn me when sites try to install add-ons 
[x] Block reported attack sites 
[x] Block reported web forgeries
Having a good '''hosts''' file on your system can protect your entire system cross-application and all browsers and all your Firefox profiles against a lot malware. The '''hosts''' file must coded for www.example.com, example.com, anything.example.com -- '''Adblock Plus''' is more generic and can do more with less coding. See links below.
'''More information:''' on extensions and keyword shortcuts
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ Adblock Plus :: Add-ons for Firefox]
* [http://adblockplus.org/en/filters#basic Writing Adblock Plus filters]
* [http://www.siteadvisor.com/ McAfee SiteAdvisor Software -- Website Safety Ratings and Secure Search]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wot-safe-browsing-tool/ Web of Trust - Safe Browsing Tool :: Add-ons for Firefox]
* [http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File]
* [http://userstyles.org/styles/42848 Google - Highlight harmful site alert - Themes and Skins for www.google - userstyles.org]
* [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] (McAfee Site Advisor is listed as problematic, read information)
* My notes on extensions -- http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox.htm#ext_table
* [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/kws.htm Firefox Keyword Shortcuts] (and bookmarklets)
Just so you don't miss important information about Adblock Plus, be aware that it does nothing by itself -- it needs filters. Be sure to install the "EasyList (US)" filter subscription.
In your google search settings (preferences), you can filter adult content, but that is not phishing
* http://www.google.com/preferences?complete=0&hl=en
Phishing protection comes from your browser using collected phishing data -- not from the Google search itself where you might see a warning.
* (Google Chrome) http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=99020
* (Firefox) already covered what you need to set in security options
more
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/ensuring-your-information-is-safe.html
''corrected to read Tools > Options > Security''

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