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Microsoft seems to have hijacked my laptop and when I try to download some attachments it forces me to use & pay for OFFICE: what is the alternative?

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Sometimes the PDFs come up OK but others just come up as garbled text (and I can't work out the reason some work & others don't)

Sometimes the PDFs come up OK but others just come up as garbled text (and I can't work out the reason some work & others don't)

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Some added toolbar and anti-virus add-ons are known to cause Firefox issues. Disable All of them.


How is Microsoft taking over? What web address are you using?

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