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I just noticed that when I start up IE 11, google shows up as<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/#sp=1" rel="ugc">https://www.google.com/#sp=1</a><br />
and then later on as<br />
<a href="https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#spf=1" rel="ugc">https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#spf=1</a><br />
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Is this legitimate?<br />
I am using Kaspersky Total Security and is up-to-date. <br />
I don't see any other evidence of malware.
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I just noticed that when I start up IE 11, google shows up as
https://www.google.com/#sp=1
and then later on as
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#spf=1

Is this legitimate?
I am using Kaspersky Total Security and is up-to-date. 
I don't see any other evidence of malware.

Is https://www.google.com/#sp=1 etc. legitimate?

Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Google

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.