pages redirect to Comcast *activation* page
A recent mess up with Comcast is causing some issues. Here's the back story. I am not the account holder. I am a renter and the account is in another person's name. I asked that they downgrade the account due to the high cost of cable TV. Comcast did a weird thing and deleted the internet service from the account. Internet was restored after the owner called Comcast and gave them hell. But now, certain pages I have bookmarked keep redirecting to the Comcast activation page. I am annoyed, to say the least. I have tried a few solutions that are found in the forums here. None of them work. FYI, I delete history and coolkies when I close the browser. This happens on more than one machine. A laptop running Win 8.1 and a desktop running Win XP. Both have the latest version of Firefox. Can anyone solve this. Signed, Very Annoyed.
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Chosen solution
Thanks to all for the suggestions. I tried a number of them and eventually cor-el's method worked. I used the "forget about this site" function via the history options. Comcast is horrible. Thanks again to all responders.
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Sorry, but I entered the wrong title for this. I do not get redirected to the login page, but rather the activation page.
Are all those computers connected to internet via Comcast as ISP?
Did these bookmarks previously work?
Does this also happen if you type the URL or start with the main page of the website and navigate to the desired page?
You can remove all data stored in Firefox from a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History > Show All History" or "View > Sidebar > History") or via the about:permissions page.
Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox from that domain like bookmarks, cookies, passwords, cache, history, and exceptions, so be cautious. If you have a password or other data from that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.
You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of the involved files.
If you revisit a 'forgotten' website then data from that website will be saved once again.
My guess is that when you use those bookmarks Firefox is loading them from the Cache, from when your service was "out" and not pulling them from the internet. Reloading the page each time that happens should work, or just clear the Cache.
Reload the webpage while bypassing the cache using one of the following steps:
- Hold down the Shift key and click the Reload
button in the navigation toolbar.
OR
- Press Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows and Linux)
- Press Command + Shift + R (Mac)
Let us know if this solves the issues you are having.
cor-el said
1 Are all those computers connected to internet via Comcast as ISP? 2 Did these bookmarks previously work? 3 Does this also happen if you type the URL or start with the main page of the website and navigate to the desired page?
1 Some further info. Out of three machines, one does not have this problem. The other two were in use when the account was reset and I tried (unsuccessfully) to activate from my end. All threemachines are on the same modem, which is from Comcast.
2 All of these bookmarks were working properly until I tried to activate via the Comcast site.
3 I tried every possible workaround such as copy>paste>enter, modifying the URL in the bookmark properties list, navigating to the host site then clcking the link I wanted. For example, if I go to this site and try to click the webcam link I get the Comcast BS instead of the cam page http://www.whoi.edu/mvco
the-edmeister said
My guess is that when you use those bookmarks Firefox is loading them from the Cache, from when your service was "out" and not pulling them from the internet. Reloading the page each time that happens should work, or just clear the Cache. Reload the webpage while bypassing the cache using one of the following steps:OR
- Hold down the Shift key and click the Reload
Let us know if this solves the issues you are having.
- Press Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows and Linux)
- Press Command + Shift + R (Mac)
I believe I already mentioned that my cache clears whenever I close Firefox? I have my options set to clear the cache and cookies every single time I close Firefox. None of those commands worked.
You can try alternative DNS servers like Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4)
My buddy just had a problem like this. It was malware.
You may have ad / mal-ware. Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.
Run most or all of the listed malware scanners. Each works differently. If one program misses something, another may pick it up.
Chosen Solution
Thanks to all for the suggestions. I tried a number of them and eventually cor-el's method worked. I used the "forget about this site" function via the history options. Comcast is horrible. Thanks again to all responders.