Redirected at sign in to NY Times (and a few other sites) and Firefox will not remember login username or passwords.
This stared a few days ago. Using an iMac 27 inch, running 10.8.5, Firefox 28.0.
I have had the same NYT account for years and I somehow got logged out. When I try to read a story or sign into my account via the home page (upper right corner sign in button) I simply get redirected back to the home page with the same sign in button, normally it shows your user name. I have tried everything clearing cache, cookies, and a full and clean re-install, twice. I called NYT and they are totally stumped. Computer is firewalled and antivirused, no known viruses etc...
Any ideas out there? Thank you!
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Thank you for the reply.
I solved the problem. It turns out there was an issue with my anti-virus software that involved a cookies filter that needed to be turned off. Doh!
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This can be caused by corrupted cookies or cookies that are blocked (check the permissions on the about:permissions page).
Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.
"Clear the Cache":
- Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"
"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:
- Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
It is possible that the cookies.sqlite file that stores the cookies is corrupted if clearing cookies doesn't work.
Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and delete other present cookies files like cookies.sqlite-journal in the Firefox profile folder in case the file cookies.sqlite got corrupted.
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Ausgewählte Lösung
Thank you for the reply.
I solved the problem. It turns out there was an issue with my anti-virus software that involved a cookies filter that needed to be turned off. Doh!