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    Firefox search behaving strangely... please advise

    Hi folks, I've used Firefox for a while and I'm sure that it never used to display website suggestions/addresses whilst typing in the main navigation bar... Now, when I go to type in a website address, a drop-down bar address with 'www - Search with DuckDuckGo' instead of just displaying the...
  2. clutchc

    How to save passwords in Firefox?

    Until my favorite password manager Password Exporter is updated to work with the new FF WebExtensions API, I need to find another PW manager pgm. But I do not want to have my PWs on a cloud server. Does anyone know of a PW manager pgm for FF similar to Password Exporter that allows backing...
  3. SyncroScales

    Cryptojacking and Script extensions and add-ons? What to look for?

    Hello, I was updating Firefox, Chrome and Chromium. I installed some add-on's and noticed a few new ones. They were about Cryptojacking. Read the Tom's Hardware article The Rise Of Cryptojacking And How To Stop It by Lucian Armasu December 29, 2017 at 9:45 AM - Source: Bad Packets Report (via...
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    Hi.ru hijacker on my browser, but I had a clean install

    I got a new cpu and mobo so just to avoid future problems with windows, I did a clean install with the windows media creation tool. (Windows 10) Everything went fine. After windows was installed, it asked me to set up the basic things and login to my Microsoft account. So I logged in and I...
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    Ram is used 50% GPU is used 30% and CPU is peaking sometimes and stays at 20%

    So, after i've played a game (from steam) i've opened firefox. But it ran slow. I opened task manager and surprise surprise 1GB of memory used in 7 instances of firefox. 7! Why that, i had just 1 tab open. not only FF but Chorme as well, 11 instances of it. Not to mention my pc restarted out of...
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    PERMANENTLY remove Yahoo from Firefox

    Firefox has somehow made Yahoo it's default search engine. Replacing it in Firefox's menu only works until Firefox is reloaded then your using Yahoo. Using about:config then searching for Yahoo then deleting or moding key values didn't work either. How do you terminate the Firefox-Yahoo...
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    Chrome and Firefox cause youtube to be a glitchy mess.

    Hello everyone.I've been having this issue with my PC and its driving me nuts. I cant use Firefox or Chrome because videos on them turn into glitchy messes, however Microsoft edge works fine. Steam cant download any games, and crashes often. Both Firefox and chrome also crash often. I've run...
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    why does my Pavilion G scroll a whole page at once when i tap the down arrow key?

    I am using firefox and have been to Mozilla and downloaded the latest version (someone told me to try} and it is still scrolling a whole page at a time . Someone told me i may have the scroll lock key on but not sure which one or combination it is on this keyboard in order to change it. Not...
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    Solved! How to completely remove Xmarks from Firefox?

    I already did the "remove" in FF Extensions. But I'm still getting the xmarks popup telling me there was an error syncing. What I've tried: 1) Shut down/restart FF 2) Reboot the PC 3) Run CCleaner (Clean and Registry options) 4) Swore at the screen Is there somewhere xmarks is hiding in the...
  10. tarmiricmi

    Firefox Secure Connection Failed

    Hello, I installed Firefox and getting error: Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.youtube.com. Peer’s certificate has an invalid signature. Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the...
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    Which browser is better in graphics and as fast as Firefox for a laptop?

    In terms of graphics i m referring Brave link:https://ibb.co/iFKCJG firefox https://ibb.co/kSGsJG vivaldi https://ibb.co/mF6EXb Yandex https://ibb.co/fUQV5w example: about are screenshots of different browsers of simple tick on wordpress website. You will find that tick on firefox is worst...
  12. Gabe_G

    Question about different browsers

    I am wondering should I use chrome or Firefox what is better? I look forward to hearing from you thanks.
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    Yahoo has hijacked my Firefox browser. Running Win 7 SP1 Please help!

    Yahoo has hijacked my Firefox browser on my Gateway laptop. Running Win 7 SP1 Need help with step by step instructions. Please help am a novice!
  14. Albionm00n

    Are Firefox and YouTube a weird combination?

    I am not sure if I am experiencing a unique issue or if there is anyone who can give me some info on this, but my frustration is mounting:-P My issue is this, whenever I have more than one tab open with youtube, firefox seems to lag severely. For example, it will start to take several seconds...
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    programs won't launch

    Suddenly, Firefox and all other browsers won't launch, and neither will Adobe Reader. I'm using Windows XP SP3. As of Friday (three days ago at this point) I can't get Firefox to launch. It starts to load but then freezes. Or it loads just fine but freezes after I visit a site or open a new...
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    fACEBOOK VIDEO NOT WORKING

    Hi, I have windows 10 and I'm using Firefox nightly and I have tried other browsers as well. When I go to facebook to watch the videos that other people and news stations have posted I can't run them.I can see the video It has a white cirlce with a white triangle like a play button in the...
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    Firefox 56 apparently broke Xmarks

    Ever since FF updated itself to ver 56.xx.x, Xmarks doesn't sync and has lost user response in several of its dialog boxes. Thought it was just me, but checking xmarks and FF forums resulted in quite a few complaints. Anyone find a fix yet? Not much in the way of replies from FF or xmarks so...
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    HTML;Paypal-B [Phish] threat blocked on Firefox

    So I clicked on a link store.bitcoin.com/ and the page didn't load, and I didn't download anything. However afterwards Avast kept popping up saying its blocked a threat: HTML;Paypal-B [Phish] with the web shield periodically when opening new tabs. I don't have this issue on Chrome and it only...
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    Firefox choking on laptop

    Occasionally on my laptop I will hear the fans ramp up and Firefox will choke. This is seemingly random, and CPU usage by Firefox is only going up to 25%. Typing is impossible, scrolling is impossible, doing anything in Firefox is impossible. I have 16GB of RAM and only have around 10 tabs open...
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    My download for Adobe Flash Player goes to 90% and it stops; telling me to close Firefox. I can't close Firefox and have to a

    Adobe Flash Player Goes to 90% and Stops! My installation process goes to 90% and stops. A message tells me to close Firefox. I try to close the Firefox tab and it won't close. I have to abort the installation. I am running on Windows XP. Am I too obsolete with Windows XP to run Adobe Flash...