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Suddenly getting "Firefox wants to redirect a page" ?

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pnkfloyd
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Since Jan 1, when I go to certain sites (local news, for instance) I get a dropdown bar saying "Firefox wants to redirect this page" with an 'allow " button. And I click the allow or the X to stop it and guess what? It does it again. What's going on?

Since Jan 1, when I go to certain sites (local news, for instance) I get a dropdown bar saying "Firefox wants to redirect this page" with an 'allow " button. And I click the allow or the X to stop it and guess what? It does it again. What's going on?

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cor-el
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See: Tools > Options > Advanced > General : Accessibility : [ ] "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page"

See also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/accessibility.blockautorefresh

pnkfloyd
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Thank You, have no idea why that got checked. Pilot error? :)