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I know about the websearch browser hijack, but this is really weird. See this post I just made in our forum: https://www.stovebolt.com/ubbthread...d-to-websearch-searches.html#Post1433046

Even just typing the word Google or google gets converted to websearch.

I searched the entire website for the string websearch and found entries in the logs but nothing else.

To test this I created a new thread in one of the forums, the title of which was Google, and the body of which was Google test. When I posted the thread (now deleted), the title was websearch, and the body was websearch test.

I have no idea where to even begin looking for the code that is doing this. Any helpful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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Check your censor list:
Go to
Control Panel > Primary > Censor

Do you have Censor enabled?
Do you have google listed as one of the words to be censored by websearch?
example: google=websearch

Check your Active Text list:
Go to
Control Panel > Features > Active Text

Do you have Active Text enabled?
What is the text your are searching for / replacing with from your Active Text List?
example: google|websearch
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Active Text allows you to set certain keywords to be translated into something different. This is unlike the censor in that this is done when the post is displayed. The main use for this would be to have certain terms turn into a link or an image. An example would be anytime "UBB.threads" is typed it could be turned into a URL to the UBB.threads support community.


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Thank you. It was in the Censor list. (No idea why. I'll have to ask the owners, because they're the only ones beside me that could make that change.)


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Please reconsider the websites you are sending your users to.

By redirecting anyone to a site that fails security checks, contains malicious software or phishing, you are also lowering the integrity of your website, and could be causing harm to not only your search rankings, but also your users.
https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/7786-websearch-com-redirect

URL: www.websearch.com
Warning! This website contains malware. Visiting this website may harm your computer!

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source: https://global.sitesafety.trendmicro.com/index.php

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I know why he did it. He hates Google. I don't know why he chose websearch. I changed it to duckduckgo.


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