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Firefox always opens with a different URL than listed in the settings option, why?

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The homepage in the settings option of the firefox browser has been set to www.google.com.

However it always opens with https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl.

Why?

Please advise!


Thanks.

The homepage in the settings option of the firefox browser has been set to www.google.com. However it always opens with https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl. Why? Please advise! Thanks.

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Hello, Don't worry, this should not cause any problems. Side to side, the sites look the same, just in the link it goes to it activates SSL security (That's good)