I've always used Firefox on my Windows 8.1 OS PC, but since downloading Firefox Quantum, most Google News articles show a 404 error. Other browsers work...why?
I didn't have any problem opening Google News articles with my older versions of Firefox, but since Quantum downloaded, most articles show a 404 error screen when I click on them. I have resorted to switching to my Chrome browser just to read the news, as this is the only website I seem to be having problems with. I have cleaned my PC using CCleaner, but, that didn't help. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Restart Windows in Safe Mode with networking enabled and see if you can load them. If that works, most likely your security software does not recognize the new Firefox. Personally I would uninstall and reinstall that, and make sure it’s the latest version including all updates/definitions.
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Restart Windows in Safe Mode with networking enabled and see if you can load them. If that works, most likely your security software does not recognize the new Firefox. Personally I would uninstall and reinstall that, and make sure it’s the latest version including all updates/definitions.
Also see: Fix problems connecting to websites after updating Firefox Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can How to troubleshoot security error codes on secure websites