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How do I stop Firefox from changing http to https?

Yes. "Don’t enable HTTPS-Only Mode" is checked. Yes. In about:config "browser.urlbar.autoFill" is set to false. It STILL does it! This is maddening. I'm trying to go t… (read more)

Yes. "Don’t enable HTTPS-Only Mode" is checked. Yes. In about:config "browser.urlbar.autoFill" is set to false. It STILL does it! This is maddening. I'm trying to go to an address on my network for my IP cameras. http://192.168.50.65 (for example), and Firefox keeps changing it https! Then of course, it won't connect. How do I stop this? I hate having to start Chrome or Opera to manage these local addresses.

Asked by nosoy1 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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Access Denied

I am getting "access denied" for a specific website, ONLY ON THIS COMPUTER, using foxfire. Your articles are not helpful, and I'm not a novice PC user. I use "clear histo… (read more)

I am getting "access denied" for a specific website, ONLY ON THIS COMPUTER, using foxfire. Your articles are not helpful, and I'm not a novice PC user. I use "clear history" setting at close of browser. I'm am very frustrated, but I like foxfire and don't want to use Microsoft Edge. However, I will if we can't get this fixed. Thanks, Linda Vick

Asked by vicksberg 2 years ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 years ago

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Simple, clear instructions to recover most recent Firefox TabsSessionManager Session.

Simple, clear instructions to recover most recent Firefox TabsSessionManager Session. I am to the point of just finding a new session manager. I have used this produce fo… (read more)

Simple, clear instructions to recover most recent Firefox TabsSessionManager Session. I am to the point of just finding a new session manager. I have used this produce for years, but I am disappointed they have not updated and automated the recovery process. nor do they clearly explain their analog recovery process and I need this F*** now. Its not like I have contributed money along the way.

Asked by Don Mashak 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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Trojan detected in favicons.sqlite-shm

A Trojan was detected in favicons.sqlite-shm by BitDefender, the report said it blocked it (see screen-cap). Soon after, I wasn't able to load Firefox, Opera Browser and … (read more)

A Trojan was detected in favicons.sqlite-shm by BitDefender, the report said it blocked it (see screen-cap). Soon after, I wasn't able to load Firefox, Opera Browser and Thunderbird. Tying to access them would start a popup dialog box stating that"Firefox is already running" and I'd would be asked to either cancel or stop. Pressing either option wouldn't allow access to Firefox etc., I had my computer scanned professionally and was told they didn't think the Trojan was still active and they managed to restore access to Firefox and Thunderbird, this took 2 hours.

I remain unconvinced my computer is free of the Trojan for various issues, including a corrupted winload.efi file (I have already attempted and failed to fix this) that won't allow Windows Defender to scan in Offline mode. Various other issues such a slow applications and occasionally flickering screen suggests the Trojan might still be active.

I'd greatly appreciate if anyone has information or experience dealing with particular issue.

Scans such as, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, Bitdefender, etc. have been run and found nothing.

Asked by westerly11 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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Passwords not syncing between browsers

I have Firefox in a Windows, a Mac and an Ubuntu computer, and sync is not working properly, passwords stored in the browser in the windows computer are not the same as t… (read more)

I have Firefox in a Windows, a Mac and an Ubuntu computer, and sync is not working properly, passwords stored in the browser in the windows computer are not the same as the ones in the other computers, I did the "Sync now" but it didn't work, I disconnected my account in the Mac and synced it again but it is the same thing, not appearing in either

Asked by carlosleyequien 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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Firefox not supported by financial institutions on Mac?

I learned the hard way about a month ago that my main bank will not work with firefox. I've now received notices from two other banks that state they only support safari … (read more)

I learned the hard way about a month ago that my main bank will not work with firefox. I've now received notices from two other banks that state they only support safari on Mac. I have run into issues with some others that will either give errors but still allow me to pass through or others that state I have an unsupported browser but still allow me to log into the site - for now.

With this wide a net, this seems to be specific to the security issues in the Mac browser. Is this already being looked into? Is this specific to the new OS and firefox integration?

While I basically trust Safari, I certainly don't want to use it unless I have to and I generally use firefox exclusively on all my Macs and PCs. Can someone shine a light on this? Is there an upgrade or update planned?

Thanks

Asked by swpacct 2 years ago

Last reply by Paul 2 years ago

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Video on certain sites stops working after about an hour of Firefox usage

Hello, For two firefox updates, I've been having an issue where after about an hour or two of using firefox (it varies), video players on most websites will stop working… (read more)

Hello,

For two firefox updates, I've been having an issue where after about an hour or two of using firefox (it varies), video players on most websites will stop working. Almost every website except for Youtube's videoplayer stops working after an hour, all at once. Restarting firefox fixes it, but it's very annoying to restart firefox every couple of hours, and seems like a problem.

The following things didn't fix it: clearing my cache, disabling my addons one by one, turning off hardware acceleration, trying to watch the video in a private window, or reinstalling firefox. I don't know what's left to try. It has nothing to do with my audio devices.

Please advise, thank you!

Asked by Magpie 2 years ago

Answered by cor-el 2 years ago

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low volumn on you tube

I have the volume control all the way up. I turn the volume control on videos all the way up. I have just updated Firefox. The sound is too low. Is there an add-on? It u… (read more)

I have the volume control all the way up. I turn the volume control on videos all the way up. I have just updated Firefox. The sound is too low. Is there an add-on? It used to be OK, not now.

Asked by constance lowery 2 years ago

Last reply by spammattic 1 year ago

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Auto-rotation

This is a recent change -- the desktop browser didn't do this until a few weeks ago. It now plays slideshows automatically. This feature is called Auto-Rotation, but it… (read more)

This is a recent change -- the desktop browser didn't do this until a few weeks ago. It now plays slideshows automatically. This feature is called Auto-Rotation, but it has nothing to do with rotating the display on a phone or tablet (although that feature has the same name). This feature automatically rotates among the slides in a slideshow. It's incredibly annoying, especially since I typically forget its on (or don't realize I'm looking at a slideshow) and it changes to the 2nd slide just as I have begun reading the 1st. I then have to turn Auto-Rotation off and go back to the 1st slide to continue. When I remember, I have to hurry to turn Auto-Rotation off before it moves to the 2nd slide. Is there any way to turn this off? I can't find one by looking through Settings, and there's nothing on this subject in Help, that I can find. For what it's worth, whoever thought this was a good idea was wrong, but if there's a way to change so it's not the default, I'll be content.

Asked by gmsherry 2 years ago

Answered by Terry 2 years ago

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Truncated text in search results

Hello Community. Why is the bold blue text in the Google search results being truncated whenever there is a picture shown beside it? See my screen capture with yellow hig… (read more)

Hello Community. Why is the bold blue text in the Google search results being truncated whenever there is a picture shown beside it? See my screen capture with yellow highlights to see what I mean. It's been happening for some months. I have reinstalled Firefox but the problem persists. Other browsers displaying the same pages are fine.

Asked by mriga 2 years ago

Last reply by mriga 2 years ago

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tabs in ff

hi am reading a car review at https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/ tabs along top for specs, driving, etc do nothing at all. ok in ms edge ff latest updated w… (read more)

hi am reading a car review at https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/

tabs along top for specs, driving, etc do nothing at all. ok in ms edge

ff latest updated win 10 updated thanx m

Asked by bill 2 years ago

Last reply by Paul 2 years ago

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Continuous updates

Recently I am continuously proposed to install updates. I do that, but I think the installation may fail, because immediately after restarting Firefox I'm proposed to ins… (read more)

Recently I am continuously proposed to install updates. I do that, but I think the installation may fail, because immediately after restarting Firefox I'm proposed to install a new update. I have Firefox set up to download updates as soon as they are available.

The version I'm using is 104.0, which should be the latest one available for desktop, therefore I don't understand why the browser is trying to load again the update.

Asked by claudio.condini 2 years ago

Last reply by eli11 1 year ago

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How do I find all of the extensions that I had on firefox before I clicked on refresh which should be the word "RESET TO DEFAULTS"

I clicked in refresh thinking it would just reload it all. I am pissed as I just got back most of my extensions, (just not all) You could also make a list of Extensions t… (read more)

I clicked in refresh thinking it would just reload it all. I am pissed as I just got back most of my extensions, (just not all) You could also make a list of Extensions that could be clicked on to reinstall them one at a time or all at once.

This is getting old, I prefer Firefox over Edge or all other browsers, as of this text I am thinking of looking for anything better, as it is getting crappy.

Asked by lee 2 years ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 years ago

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OpenH264 fails to install with HTTPS-Only mode enabled

"OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc." plugin will sit in the "will be installed shortly" status forever if you have HTTPS-Only mode enabled. I have been … (read more)

"OpenH264 Video Codec provided by Cisco Systems, Inc." plugin will sit in the "will be installed shortly" status forever if you have HTTPS-Only mode enabled. I have been pulling my hair out for the last few days trying to figure out why I couldn't play YouTube or many other sites videos.

Turns out the site that the library is downloaded from has a bad certificate installed: https://ciscobinary.openh264.org/libopenh264-2.3.0-linux64.6.so.bz2

``` Websites prove their identity via certificates. Firefox does not trust this site because it uses a certificate that is not valid for ciscobinary.openh264.org. The certificate is only valid for the following names: a248.e.akamai.net, *.akamaihd-staging.net, *.akamaihd.net, *.akamaized-staging.net, *.akamaized.net

Error code: SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN ```

OS: Fedora 36 Firefox Version: 104.0 (64-bit)

Asked by Nickolas Gupton 2 years ago

Answered by Nickolas Gupton 2 years ago

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Firefox shutting down by itself when opening up a PDF file with Adobe Acrobat DC

Lately I've been seeing Firefox apparently shut down all on it's own. Most times it would happen right after opening up a PDF attachment in our Yahoo webmail email with A… (read more)

Lately I've been seeing Firefox apparently shut down all on it's own. Most times it would happen right after opening up a PDF attachment in our Yahoo webmail email with Adobe DC. I thought that by clearing the cache and history this would fix it. It did not. The only thing that seemed to work was to open up the PDF using a browser instead of Adobe. I thought that it might be an isolated case since it was only happening on the office computer. I was using a different computer this morning and it happened on this computer as well.

I ran Firefox in 'troubleshoot mode' and it didn't make any difference. The only thing that seemed to make a difference was to open up the PDFs in a browser instead of Adobe Acrobat DC?

Asked by Greg M 2 years ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Network Protocol Error

Only for some selected websites. I get this on Lowes.com too Network Protocol Error An error occurred during a connection to www.homedepot.com. The page you are trying… (read more)

Only for some selected websites. I get this on Lowes.com too

Network Protocol Error

An error occurred during a connection to www.homedepot.com.

The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the network protocol was detected.

   Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem.

Asked by dave5mox 2 years ago

Last reply by dawnerthomas 1 year ago

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send link stoped working

I have looked for 4 hours now to find a fix for send link in my file tab you have & I am done i need help .malito box that comes up to hook in with what ever I … (read more)

I have looked for 4 hours now to find a fix for send link in my file tab you have & I am done i need help .malito box that comes up to hook in with what ever I want to send stoped.again 2 time now. last time I re load firefox & it work for few days then now GONE.DEAD. windows 10 hp alinone i am running so if you can tell me what to do be nice with out having to start all over. thanks alisa from wyoming . [email removed from public]

Asked by Wyominglady8 2 years ago

Last reply by James 2 years ago

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Cant play HDR media?

For some reason it seems like under windows 11 with a HDR display, websites like YouTube don't allow for HDR media playback. This is really disappointing and a major fla… (read more)

For some reason it seems like under windows 11 with a HDR display, websites like YouTube don't allow for HDR media playback. This is really disappointing and a major flaw as HDR media is definitely the future. And this has been working just fine in any chrome based browser for years now.

Is there any way to enable this?

Thanks for your time and help.

Asked by Itami 2 years ago

Last reply by user104147805413306348376805769878442569366 2 years ago