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TreasonousBastard

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12. I've got FF Quantum, v 57.xxxx and have no such problems...

Sat Dec 16, 2017, 12:57 AM

Dec 2017

Did you reinstalling it from scratch and make sure you have the latest version? If you had the option to install an earlier version, that could cause problems. Or, maybe the latest one has some quirks on your system.

Since you reset everything, could it be some Windows setting that's causing the problem? Or do you have another security program running-- Windows Defender is good enough for most things and often won't play nice with other security stuff.

If you try another browser and the same thing happens, it's obviously not Firefox.

FWIW, when I upgraded FF to this latest and greatest one, it's faster and seems more stable, but lost some of the goodies on the older one. Same thing happened when I upgraded Opera. I'm starting to use Vivaldi, which is a lot like the old Opera and really nice to work with.

And, you did note that the Mozilla help page said you might be compromised? While resetting, is there any chance you picked up some nasties? A Malwarebytes scan might find something.

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Firefox is blocking DU (for me, after reinstalling) [View all] Lisa0825 Dec 2017 OP

I use Firefox and I'm not being blocked. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #1

What version of Firefox are you using? (Help - About Firefox) PoliticAverse Dec 2017 #2

Taboola. nt cbreezen Dec 2017 #3

Check the time/date on your computer. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2017 #4

Sounds kind of dramatic OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #5

I should have said Firefox is blocking DU for me. Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #11

OK, my comment might have sounded too harsh. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #22

I am on Firefox and am not getting blocked. Doreen Dec 2017 #6

Not really, must have been a very temporary outage. greyl Dec 2017 #7

Be sure you are using https at the beginning, not http. Liberty Belle Dec 2017 #8

I'm still on FF ver 56. I have no problems. (Knock on wood.) earthshine Dec 2017 #9

I'm currently viewing DU using Firefox lunamagica Dec 2017 #10

I've got FF Quantum, v 57.xxxx and have no such problems... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #12

So the weird thing is, I already had the new version of FF... Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #14

MWB found no issues. nt Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #17

You're sure you're not running Norton or some other such thing? Some of them... TreasonousBastard Dec 2017 #19

I did uninstall the McAfee that came on it. No luck. Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #23

I did not mean Firefox is blocking DU for everyone, just for me, since I had to reinstall. Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #13

no probs here something about your firefox settings... nt msongs Dec 2017 #15

Yeah, I spent over an hour trying to adjust settings and troubleshoot other options, to no avail. nt Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #16

I know you're already moving on to Chrome, but I'll add to the chorus of "Firefox works ok" steve2470 Dec 2017 #18

Similar problem here hermetic Dec 2017 #20

I did find that many others had a similar problem, but Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #24

Check the clock on your computer Egnever Dec 2017 #21

I wish you were right! LOL :-) Lisa0825 Dec 2017 #25