Firefox 1.53.0 64-bit on Windows 11 latest update - redirects "windband.org" to "videncorporation.com" when entered without http:

This does not happen by default. HTTPS on that site fails, so the older HTTP is served.

In theory you might have added a trust exception locally that treats the mismatching HTTPS on that site as acceptable, which then in turn hits the server operator implicit site rules, and probably following their code/headers to a default location for unknown/unconfigured hostnames.

This shouldn't be happening on a fresh install. Can you try from a new temporary profile to test this in isolation?

jbr - Thanks for the suggestion.

        It works properly for a new user.
        It had been working properly for other browsers.
        How do I fix it in Firefox?

You'd need to undo any steps that lead to it, which I can't tell for sure what they were.

There are steps to completely remove any SSL customizations and run defaults again, in Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data see the "cert9.db" entry — if you remove/rename this one the defaults will get regenerated.

The easier path might be adding an exception for that one site, to not try its HTTPS alternative:

• support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/https-only-prefs#w_add-exceptions-for-http-websites-when-youre-in-https-only-mode
• support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/https-first#w_secure-site-not-available

jbr - Thank you for your response. I will investigate when I have the opportunity. -- Roy

jbr - Thank you for your response. I will check it out when I have the opportunity. -- Roy

I think if you start with just the last article link and try that one exception from the rules, that should be the fastest way, if that works for your use case.