Malwarebytes has flagged the following file as a PUP, C:\USERS\DFREE\APPDATA\ROAMING\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\GBCUBWW3.DEFAULT- What do I do with it?
I think the Question sums it up. After my Malwarebytes scan last evening it flagged the above captioned file as a PUP. Do I leave it in quaranteen? Delete it? Or mark… (read more)
I think the Question sums it up. After my Malwarebytes scan last evening it flagged the above captioned file as a PUP. Do I leave it in quaranteen? Delete it? Or mark it as OK? I am looking for some guidance here. Denny
Firefox
Does anyone know what encryption algorithm is used to protect my Firefox user IDs & passwords on my computer & the bit-length of the Master Password?
I expect to see AES algoritym and at least 256 bit password length (or better) to protect the ID/Password file on my computer. If not, then I will stick with my third-pa… (read more)
I expect to see AES algoritym and at least 256 bit password length (or better) to protect the ID/Password file on my computer. If not, then I will stick with my third-party password manager application.
How do I prevent "pop-up" tabs from appearing?? This began happening to me a few days ago.
Occasionally when I perform some action in a tab such as click on a link or proceed to a followup page A BRAND NEW TAB APPEARS WHICH APPEARS TO BE MARKETING OR SOMETHING.… (read more)
Occasionally when I perform some action in a tab such as click on a link or proceed to a followup page A BRAND NEW TAB APPEARS WHICH APPEARS TO BE MARKETING OR SOMETHING.. Nothing to do with what I was doing, and focus is taken to this new "SPAM" tab. How do I prevent this?????
Deleted account log-ins now showing in FF71
Since FF71 was installed I'm now seeing log-in information for accounts I whacked up to five years ago. When I look at saved log-ins none of these old accounts appear. Wh… (read more)
Since FF71 was installed I'm now seeing log-in information for accounts I whacked up to five years ago. When I look at saved log-ins none of these old accounts appear. What gives.
Why does Firefox auto-fill "newsweek.com" in the URL bar when I type the word "news"?
When Firefox Sync is turned on, Firefox auto-fills "newsweek.com" in the URL bar when I type the word "news". There seems to be no way to disable this annoying feature ot… (read more)
When Firefox Sync is turned on, Firefox auto-fills "newsweek.com" in the URL bar when I type the word "news". There seems to be no way to disable this annoying feature other than setting browser.urlbar.autoFill to false in about:config.
After updating from 70 to 71 videos can't go fullscreen anymore (navigation bars on top still there)
Hello, There used to be a difference between watching a video in fullscreen mode via firefox or having the browser itself in fullscreen mode. After updating from 70 to 71… (read more)
Hello, There used to be a difference between watching a video in fullscreen mode via firefox or having the browser itself in fullscreen mode. After updating from 70 to 71 I can only get the latter to work.
- Tried different video hosting sites it doesn't make a difference
- they are not flash videos (that plugin is permanently disabled in my browser)
When clicking e.g. on the little sign on the bottom right of a youtube video that used to put that video in fullscreen showing ONLY the video on my entire screen now I get the video with firefox tabbar and adressbar visible. Super annoying!
On another note I just got that "picture in picture" feature which isn't working at all, when i click on it a little window opens for a second only to be immediately closed again and clicking on the "pip-button" visible on the video has no function or effect anymore. Don't know if that's related at all. Really should know better than to update firefox I can't remember the last time I did without breaking something and spending hours or days trying to find a solution I'm just tired of it...
Greetings and thanks for any tips Edit: starting in safe-mode doesn't change any of it
"The address wasn't understood"
Sharepoint offers links of the form ms-word:ofe|u|https://somebusinessname.sharepoint.com/sites/somesitename/somefilename.docx and firefox responds with the subject error… (read more)
Sharepoint offers links of the form ms-word:ofe|u|https://somebusinessname.sharepoint.com/sites/somesitename/somefilename.docx and firefox responds with the subject error message and cannot open the file in MS Word. IE, Edge and Chrome all behave correctly for this same sharepoint link on the same machine.
What files control the background color of firefox pages?
When I install Quantum fresh, my pages have a grey or light tan color in the background. If I copy over my User Locsl and roaming Mozilla folders from a prior install th… (read more)
When I install Quantum fresh, my pages have a grey or light tan color in the background. If I copy over my User Locsl and roaming Mozilla folders from a prior install the colors revert back to the (lighter) backgrounds closer to a white.
Is the a particular file that controls screen colors in Firefox so that I do not have to copy over the entire folders?
How can you recover data belonging to extensions?
Background: My computer was acting up and, going into task manager, I brazenly exited out of some of the processes of Firefox thinking it might help. Obviously it didn't … (read more)
Background: My computer was acting up and, going into task manager, I brazenly exited out of some of the processes of Firefox thinking it might help. Obviously it didn't help and I'm sure at this point I just need to reinstall because it's basically been slowing my computer to a halt every time I've tried to use it since then, but weirdly enough, it completely messed up my extensions too*, even though nothing else regarding settings nor my profile was affected.
I'm fine manually reinstalling the extensions, especially considering I can carry over bookmarks and history anyway, but I must have had thousands of elements blocked on uBlock, all of which are gone, and there's a lot of styles that I don't know if I'd be able to find again as well. If there's some way to retrieve the data related to these extensions if it still exists somewhere, like the aforementioned blocked elements and styles, or scripts on Tampermonkey, or even settings related to the extensions- maybe they're all stored in similar places- then I'd really like to be able to do that. It would be fine just to be able to copy and paste the items back manually again. Even if I can't actually put it back in, it would be nice to be able to retrieve the files where they are so at least it's not wiped out on a reinstall. I realize that it's possible that one of these extensions is causing an issue, but they certainly weren't before this happened (I doubt what I did was actually an issue exacerbated by the extensions and as long as I don't do the same thing again I'd think it would be fine) and either way, even if I don't even use the extensions again, I'd just like to have the data there.
- The extensions themselves aren't uninstalled. Some work normally, some don't, but notably, every time I start Firefox, anything that's stored related to the extension, whether it be settings or just certain specifications, is gone. The toolbar drop-down menus open consistently. For instance, uBlock not only won't actually bring up its element blocker, but it also says it has zero elements blocked since install. Stylus also doesn't work, and all my styles have vanished. Tampermonkey worked running a script on Youtube, but once again, on startup, the script was gone.
How to disable "Forefox can't update to the newest version" popup in Firefox esr 68.x?
We have a terminalserver environment on the base of Windows Server 2016 and since the update to Firefox esr 68.2 the users frequently get a popup with the message in the … (read more)
We have a terminalserver environment on the base of Windows Server 2016 and since the update to Firefox esr 68.2 the users frequently get a popup with the message in the title (see screenshot). This message pops up even though we disabled automatic updates through about:config and the Firefox Group Policies.
We even tried a few not officialy supported solutions like renaming the update.exe or altering the update url in about:config to a non existant domain but nothing worked.
Is there any way to disable this message being displayed to the users?
Please do not just post "just update to the newest version". That is not always immediately possible in an enterprise environment.
Greetings and thanks in advance,
Michael H.
Firefox does not open Filetypes from Windows File Handler
I can't open Files from Firefox on a Windows Terminal Server. Whenever I try to open a downloaded file by clicking on it (or specifying "open with" on the download Dialog… (read more)
I can't open Files from Firefox on a Windows Terminal Server. Whenever I try to open a downloaded file by clicking on it (or specifying "open with" on the download Dialog) nothing gets opened and no errors are shown.
Usually it opens the default program specified in Windows but on 2 Terminal Servers nothing opens.
What I tried so far:
- Check filetype associations in Windows and testet it on a cmd and the windows explorer: works as expected
- Try with different Windows Users: Problem is present across different windows users
- Try with a new firefox profile: Same problem
- Try with firefox.exe -safe-mode: Same problem
- Try resetting handlers.json (by moving from the Firefox installation directory)
Do you have any ideas how to investigate this further?
I know that it worked previously. Could this be caused by a Update of Firefox?
Feature request: Remember screenshot save directory on site-by-site basis
Could you please consider making the screenshot feature remember the previous save directory in the same way as saving downloaded files does? I love that implementation (… (read more)
Could you please consider making the screenshot feature remember the previous save directory in the same way as saving downloaded files does? I love that implementation ("browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite") and having it applied to saving screenshots would save me (and others!) a lot of clicking. :) It could be an opt-in feature, if needed.
Thanks for making the best browser!
spelling
When writing in a field, misspelled words should be marked. It works but also parts of words that are not misspelled are also highlighted. If I write a statistic as an ex… (read more)
When writing in a field, misspelled words should be marked. It works but also parts of words that are not misspelled are also highlighted. If I write a statistic as an example, it is marked in the quotation marks "tatistic". The word is spelled correctly, but parts of the word are still highlighted. As I write this text, 70% of parts of the words are misspelled. The whole words are not marked, only parts of them. When I select the correct word to replace the wrong s "tatistic" it is like this: sstatistic. You can no longer use the spelling because it becomes so marked that I do not see what is misspelled. This problem started when version 71.0 was installed. I use Swedish language and test switching to other dictionaries but the same error continues. What to do about this?
What kind of forum has this become?
FAQ based forum WT? Like repeated questions? Again a forced update? Why does moz have such a serious problem with page tabs next to it's actual page? Address bar/shortcut… (read more)
FAQ based forum WT? Like repeated questions? Again a forced update? Why does moz have such a serious problem with page tabs next to it's actual page? Address bar/shortcut bar in between? HELLO! They are PAGE tabs...not button bar tabs/address bar tabs...PAGE TABS!!!!! And this time where the tabs were moved some transparent art image and tabs back at top? And me on another quest to move the tabs to where they belong?
Audio Quality issue on soundcloud with firefox
When I listen on firefox, and firefox alone, I get mono-eqsue audio. When I apply an audio equalizer from a third party program, it fixes it, but reverses the issue on ot… (read more)
When I listen on firefox, and firefox alone, I get mono-eqsue audio. When I apply an audio equalizer from a third party program, it fixes it, but reverses the issue on other services like youtube.
The function of "find" for search is not working right
The function of "find" for search is not working right for the latest version (71.0 (64-bit)). I can't review them one by one using "enter" button as before.
thumbnail size in upload dialog (linux)
I am using firefox on linux (kde plasma) and when I go to upload a photo in a webpage I get the upload dialog but the thumbnails are too small to view which I really need… (read more)
I am using firefox on linux (kde plasma) and when I go to upload a photo in a webpage I get the upload dialog but the thumbnails are too small to view which I really need for photos and there are no view options to change the size of them... This feels like a fundamental feature I'm missing... Is it possible?
Attached the upload dialog window
save Bookmarks, History and all open Tabs+Windows of the last session, in a corrupted macOS
Hello, I visited my brother during the last week. His iMac was infected with some malware, and, because I have my own account in his computer with the same Apple-ID, also… (read more)
Hello,
I visited my brother during the last week. His iMac was infected with some malware, and, because I have my own account in his computer with the same Apple-ID, also my computer got infected. I spoke with 6 senior technicians from the Europe Apple HQ in Cork / Ireland, but they have never seen such a resistant malware. In a word, I want to re-install the operating system and all applications in my computer. How can I save all my Bookmarks, History and all open Tabs+Windows of the last session, so that I can reload them in the Firefox I will install from scratch in the future? Thank you for for all your valuable work at Mozilla, and thank you for your specific support now, Adrian
Spam problems
Odd... Ever since I gave two email addresses to Firefox email hacked site I've had an unprecedented amount of Spam... I decided to delete an email then checked again. Aut… (read more)
Odd... Ever since I gave two email addresses to Firefox email hacked site I've had an unprecedented amount of Spam... I decided to delete an email then checked again. Automatically I received even more Spam to my main email account. Only Firefox had both email addresses as one was an alias. HAS FIREFOX BEEN HACKED or something more sinister for Firefox?
Firefox Theme and Search Reset
Hi, For some reason, my Firefox theme and Search box options reset themselves today. There was no issue yesterday, and I have not updated Firefox, extensions, plugins or… (read more)
Hi,
For some reason, my Firefox theme and Search box options reset themselves today. There was no issue yesterday, and I have not updated Firefox, extensions, plugins or Windows or anything else since then. Bookmarks/Top Sites are all as before, and restarting my machine and Firefox made no difference. I also over-saved the search settings file in my Firefox profile, but that has made no difference either.
Any ideas why this has happened?
Thanks!