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my firefox tabs occasionally (and randomly as far as I can tell) switch to Instagram account security screen. Why?

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sorry for no screen shot...wasn't thinking ahead. seems to happen on news sites (grantland, sfist, etc.). I don't have an instagram account btw.

sorry for no screen shot...wasn't thinking ahead. seems to happen on news sites (grantland, sfist, etc.). I don't have an instagram account btw.

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Hello,

Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache. In order to try to fix these problems, the first step is to clear both cookies and the cache. Note: This will temporarily log you out of all sites you're logged in to. To clear cache and cookies do the following:

  1. Click the menu button New Fx Menu, choose History, and then Clear Recent History....
  2. Under "Time range to clear", select "Everything".
  3. Now, click the arrow next to Details to toggle the Details list active.
  4. From the details list, check Cache and Cookies and uncheck everything else.
  5. Now click the Clear now button.

Further information can be found in the Clear your cache, history and other personal information in Firefox article.

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