Edited by author 08-12-2002 05:16 PM
Another approach, this one using the Muffin filtering proxy (see muffin.doit.org) to rewrite any requests that would go to search.msn.com.

   1. Download and run Muffin
   2. Set your browser proxy settings to point to localhost:51966, the Muffin port.
   3. In Muffin, do Edit->Filters, then enable the Rewrite filter, and open preferences for the Rewrite filter.
   4. In the "Rules" edit field that comes up, enter this regular expression:
      http://auto.search.msn.com/response.asp\?M...)&srch=4&prov=&utf8 http://www.google.com/search?q=$1
      (There should be a tab between utf8 and http://www.google.com).
   5. Select apply.

(The regular expression isn't displaying right in Mozilla -- see gonze.com (and page down a screen) for a correct version.)