Hidden Redirection in Web Browser !

How about redirecting your web browser to a page which is not actually requested.
A simple text file edit makes sites redirect to another. When you type address in address bar in any browser and enter it then it will display another web page.
For eg: when you type Google.com in the browser you will be redirected to yahoo.com.

Instructions to do:

1) Go to this directory [c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc], directory may change according to drive used for os installation
2) then hit enter
3) find a file named "hosts"
4) Right click on it and open with word pad.
5) In the last link of the document type the IP* address of yahoo space
www.Google.com (Vice versa for other sites)
6) now save it
7) restart the browser if its already running
8) Now try it, It works perfect

IP*: To find IP address of a website:
Go to Start ->Run > type cmd > enter.
Now you have a new window on desktop. On that type ping www. yahoo.com (OR ping www.xyz.com)

Visual Explanation:



Recovery:Repeat the first four steps and remove the last line that you have inserted and save it and restart browser. Now its normal,
you can try this trick on your fried's pc and public pc and force them to blink.

*Please do it on your own risk.