Websites being redirected to yandex.ru
I am having a problem as of yesterday. A lot of the websites I have been trying to visit have been redirected to yandex.ru. I am running Chrome on a 15" MacBook Pro with Lion. the sites that are being redirected are very random, but they consistently redirect. For example, MSN.com always loads fine, but trying to click on a link within msn.com from yardbarker.com redirects to yandex.ru.
It doesn't matter whether I access the sites through a search engine or directly on the google omnibox, the sites are always redirected before completely loaded. It is also consistent on other browsers (Safari and Firefox). I have cleared all caches, cookies, extensions, deleted extra search engines, etc, and I have tried using other DNS addresses provided by OpenDNS. None of those things worked.
I thought it might be a problem with my ISP. I am living in Jordan for work, so who knows what kind of potentially shady goings-on are happening, but I asked a friend using the same ISP and DNS addresses to check the sites I was having trouble with, and they loaded fine for him.
I have used ClamXav and MacScan 2, and no problems were reported. I reset my router to factory settings, and I am still having the same trouble. All of the devices we use on the local network are also being redirected. My wife's macbook, my iPhone, and our iPad are all being affected.
I am using a Wimax router through a 3.5G HSPA connection with an airport Extreme attached via ethernet to extend the signal. I tried to connect to the Wimax router directly and still had the same issue. I tried logging in as a guest, using Safari, and was redirected as well. Not sure what to do next.
Any counsel would be thoroughly appreciated.
Temporary solution proposed by zain technical support after a big fight over the phone... (works just fine)
Add yandex.ru to the List of blocked websites under the settings/options menu in the security section, this needs to be done for each browser you use. Whether ur cache is cleared or not, you will be able to avoid the sudden redirection to yandex. Your browser will show a notification that yandex has been blocked (it will block it three attempts of redirection, I took the three yandex.ru/*********** blocked sites and added them in full to the list of blocked sites under the security section in each and every browser on every single device accessing the hspa+ gateway)
My browsing is a **** lot easier now, speed though went a little down, not a problem for me as long as I can get things done)
Tech support promised a permanent solution the coming week.
I still haven't had the chance to try the VPN option. Will give it a shot and update the thread
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Hi,
I added a list view web part into a SharePoint 2013 page and it is working as expected, except for one thing.
I have enabled the option for the user to change the view for the web part. However when the user changes it, the user is redirected away from the page containing the web part, to the URL of the list itself.
Is there a way to circumvent this issue so when the user selects a different view it updates the listing in the web part itself, rather than the user being redirected?
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