why are some bing search results suddenly redirecting me to other pages?

I don’t have this, but I will follow up with this probably sometime soon.

I recently received a report from Microsoft, about an Edge add-in called Visio Viewer (from the Microsoft Store). The report seemed to indicate it was a bad add-in, even though I have had it installed for years, and have been using it for years without issue. So I uninstalled it. So far, no recurring ad redirects from Bing. Let's see if this holds. For others, check your add-ins (extensions) and look for the Visio Viewer.

I ran sfc /scannow and it fixed some registry issues and other things. i don't know what it fixed. i cannot understand it. might it have fixed anything pertaining?

The redirect started again, so the plugin that I uninstalled might not be due to the plugin. it definitely is only in Edge at this time. On my search results, the links don't appear to start with bing something, The search engine is Bing, but the links can say anything. They can be anything that I searched for, and they might take me to something else. The new link will be mynewsearch at the beginning (or something like that). The edge browser will not find anything related to that topic, but Chrome will.

Well, I can check that, but I think it is possible that some plugins are malware since a link suggested that. It was unique to edge though. I want to fix the adapter setting, in case of any other issue. I believe a plug-in might have prompted it or an edge update. I think troubleshooting issues solves problems in my opinion (with technical things).

Yep, been happening to me and several others posting about it here on MS Answers.

Using Win 11, MS Edge, Bing search results show one thing, but click on the link, and a new tab opens with an ad, not the result site.

Go back to the original tab with search results. Click the same link a second time and get the correct site.

Only happens about 50% of the time, not all the time.

Easy to reproduce, if you have patience.

Just search for something in Bing. Do not click on the ads at the top of the search results. Scroll down to a real search result with a web site link in the title. Make note of the web site. Click on the link, and half the time, a new tab will open with an ad site.

Then go back to search results and click on the same search result title. Second time, a new tab will open with the correct site open.

All of the links always start with "Bing.com..."

Obviously, some type of a redirect in the backend Bing site.