I have characters at the top of the menu bar that should not be there. I don't know how to fix it.
Something is not right with my firefox browser. I keep intermittently getting characters at the top of my browser which are not normal. I do not see other languages selected aside from english in my settings. How can I fix this. Thanks, Michael Rosen
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Here is the screenshot
Hi intprofile,
Sorry you're seeing all those unusual characters.
We believe this issue is caused by the McAfee MSC plugin and it looks like you have this plugin installed.
Could you please try disabling the McAfee plugin, restarting Firefox, and seeing whether that resolves the issue?
If you need help to disable the plugin, there are some instructions here. Just scroll down to the "Managing Plugins" section: Use plugins to play audio, video, games and more
Thanks!
I can agree with jayelbe. It does appear that there is an issue with the McAfee MSC plugin on Firefox. Simply disable the plugin, via the plugin manager and your issue should be solved. Please let us know if this does fix the issue.
So Far so Good! Thank you!
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Dear Wesley, It went away for a while and it is back again today. I did remove the Macafee Plugin, but it is still coming back. Please let me know if you have any further insight as to how to fix this. Thanks, Michael Rosen
Hi again Michael,
Dangit, we were so close!
This issue is probably caused by a misbehaving Firefox extension. If the McAfee extension is disabled but the problem is still occuring, it's likely another extensions is also causing it.
There's an article below which explains how to use Firefox safe mode to troubleshoot the issue and identify the cause. Could you please follow these instructions and let us know the outcome?
Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems
Thanks for your patience!
Jayelbe