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Bizarre message and actions in updating

I'm on a Mac running OS 10.14.6. I have consistently updated, and currently have Firefox 115.20.0esr. Yesterday a tax website said my Firefox was out of date, and wanted … (read more)

I'm on a Mac running OS 10.14.6. I have consistently updated, and currently have Firefox 115.20.0esr. Yesterday a tax website said my Firefox was out of date, and wanted me to update. From within Firefox I clicked to update, and it downloaded an installer. But when I installed this new update, it's the same version: 115.20.0esr.

Can you shed any light on this? Is there any reason to keep this "new" version of Firefox?

Thank you for your help!

Asked by austinb7 1 week ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 week ago

Firefox ESR updated without permission - now 2 versions

I was on FF ESR with manual update - setting = "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" I'm on Windows 10 Prof 64bit On 3 Feb 25 I upgraded to 128.6.0 by … (read more)

I was on FF ESR with manual update - setting = "Check for updates but let you choose to install them" I'm on Windows 10 Prof 64bit

On 3 Feb 25 I upgraded to 128.6.0 by downloading Firefox Setup 128.6.0esr 64bit.exe and installing in F:\Firefox (as usual)

Today, (9 Feb 25) I noticed the FF icon in the Task Bar was blank, so I went to F:\Firefox\firefox.exe and reinstated it. I just happened to go to Settings > Apps and noticed I had 2 FF installed:

128.6.0 installed 3 Feb 25 and 128.7.0 installed 9 Feb 25. My FF About says 128.7.0 is installed and F:\Firefox\firefox.exe is dated 8 Feb 25

Unfortunately there seem no way to see where the source is located for these 2 app entries. A search of C: did not find firefox.exe

So why has FF undated today when it is on manual update?

MAYBE I accidentally clicked update to one of the periodic prompts in the top right corner. If so, surely it should not create another entry in the Windows Apps settings

And is it safe to remove one of these, presumably the earlier one, or will that remove both as they seem to share the same folder F:\Firefox\

Thanks for reading Alan

Asked by technology4 5 days ago

Firefox showing non ASCII characters as bunch of symbols in a box

Hey, I am using firefox-esr from debian repository (128.6.0esr). The problem is that some other language text shows as a rectangular box with numbers and letters inside i… (read more)

Hey, I am using firefox-esr from debian repository (128.6.0esr). The problem is that some other language text shows as a rectangular box with numbers and letters inside it. Please help!!!

Asked by Gemini Ray 1 week ago

Browser upgrade possible for iMac 2007 OS X El Capitan impact

I want to know whether I can update my current Firefox version with my very old desktop setup. I am using the Firefox browser version 78.15.0esr (64-bit) on my iMac 2007 … (read more)

I want to know whether I can update my current Firefox version with my very old desktop setup. I am using the Firefox browser version 78.15.0esr (64-bit) on my iMac 2007 running OS X El Capitan. This notice came up when opening Firefox: " Your version of Firefox will start to have problems on January 14. A root certificate will expire, causing some preferences and other features to stop working. On March 14, 2025, add-ons and more features will also break." Following the instructions to update, in About Firefox window, it checks for updates and then shows Firefox is up to date. I've interpreted this as there's no version available that I can update to. Is that correct?

Asked by Deidre Seeto 1 month ago

Last reply by James 1 month ago

Firefox

Hello Mozilla, I have a Lenovo G700 laptop with the WINDOWS 7 Pro operating system My browser is Firefox 115.19.0 (see file Firefox.jpg) During the security check in onli… (read more)

Hello Mozilla, I have a Lenovo G700 laptop with the WINDOWS 7 Pro operating system My browser is Firefox 115.19.0 (see file Firefox.jpg) During the security check in online banking I am told that the browser is out of date (see firefox2.jpg) But I can only update the version and it says "Firefox is up to date" What's wrong with that?

Best regards Heimo Ganzoort

Asked by Thomas 3 weeks ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 2 weeks ago

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Mozilla Extended Support Browser

Like probably a Lot of you I don't support the unethical So-called "Forced-obsolescence" and am not planning to "upgrade" Microsoft every 18 months or so for the next 90 … (read more)

Like probably a Lot of you I don't support the unethical So-called "Forced-obsolescence" and am not planning to "upgrade" Microsoft every 18 months or so for the next 90 years on each on Every single family Computer and give in to their Scare tactics for financial, environmental and Ethical reasons.

I am currently running Firefox "Extended Support," or ESR, I think it's called. Was wondering, If I ever **DO** decide to upgrade our bloatware Spyware operating system(s), basically if they break enough Apps like Apple Likes to do to force an upgrade, how difficult or easy would it be to Migrate from ESR to the latest regular version of Mozilla/Firefox...with all my Settings, etc. still in place?

Asked by LiveWire 1 month ago

Answered by LiveWire 1 month ago

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CVE-2024-4367 in 115.19.0esr - still vulnerable?

Hi, During some tests I found that FF 115.19.0esr can still execute arbitrary JS similarly to CVE-2024-4367. I’ve checked the versions and > 115.11esr should be patch… (read more)

Hi, During some tests I found that FF 115.19.0esr can still execute arbitrary JS similarly to CVE-2024-4367. I’ve checked the versions and > 115.11esr should be patched. Any payload with ‘/JS’ taken from https://github.com/luigigubello/PayloadsAllThePDFs/tree/main will do. Since this is probably important – FontMatrix is *not* working (no JS), original PoC (https://codeanlabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/poc_generalized_CVE-2024-4367.pdf) is also *not* working. I also wasn’t able to call an external script and so far haven’t found any path to exploit it beyond an alertbox. However, it still bothers me a lot and I’d like to know whether it’s the correct, expected behavior with FF+pdf.js, is it a vulnerability, or maybe my browser was somehow corrupted or is using some other mechanism that’s not within your control (my settings? about:config?).

Steps to re-create: 1. Open file in notepad 2. Add ‘/OpenAction 99 0 R’ after ‘lang’ in ‘1 0 obj section’ 3. After ‘endobj’ add ‘99 0 obj <</Type /Action /S /JavaScript /JS (app.alert\(1\);)>>’ 4. Result – alertbox popping twice

Asked by chris 3 weeks ago

Answered by chris 3 weeks ago

Greek fonts appear as square shapes

Hello, in Firefox some Geek fonts are displayed as square shapes, in other browsers e.g. Safari are same characters on same website are displayed normal, using the last u… (read more)

Hello, in Firefox some Geek fonts are displayed as square shapes, in other browsers e.g. Safari are same characters on same website are displayed normal, using the last update of Firefox 128.6.0 Firefox ESR , is there any solution? Thanks

Asked by TK 3 weeks ago

Images no longer display on DuckDuckGo after upgrade to 128.6.0esr

Recently upgraded to Firefox ESR 128.6.0. I can no longer see images. The "ALL" page has text where images would have been displayed. The "Images" page just shows place … (read more)

Recently upgraded to Firefox ESR 128.6.0. I can no longer see images. The "ALL" page has text where images would have been displayed. The "Images" page just shows place holders. If I click on an image I again see a placeholder. If I click on View FIle I can see the image as it takes me to the remote site that hosts the image.

This affects DDG only as far as I can tell. I've tried other search engines, but not other browsers as all chome based browsers are blocked.

If I go to any other website, for the most part images are rendered correctly. There is always the occasional image that doesn't show, but that's been that way for years.

I've cleared my cache/cookies. Reset the settings. But no luck.

I restored my previous 115 and 102 esr profiles (first uininstalling firefox then installing the requisite version of Firefox), and images work fine in those versions. This issue is only present in 128esr.

Any ideas on what might be the issue? thank you in advance.

Asked by citizen1138x 3 weeks ago

Local Storage Issues with Firefox Portable on Windows 11

Hello, I am experiencing unexpected behaviour with local storage in Firefox Portable ESR 102.1.0 on Windows 11. In particular, the data is not deleted as expected after c… (read more)

Hello, I am experiencing unexpected behaviour with local storage in Firefox Portable ESR 102.1.0 on Windows 11. In particular, the data is not deleted as expected after closing the application, even after clearing the cache in my code, the data persists when I open the application the next time. This behaviour is observed under windows10 but is common under windows11.

I suspect that this issue may be related to:

  • Interactions between Firefox Portable's cache management and Windows 11's system-level caching
  • Specific behavior of the ESR 102.1.0 version on Windows 11

I would appreciate it if you could investigate this issue and provide any insights or solutions.

Asked by rahma.oueslati 3 weeks ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 3 weeks ago

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Firefox is not working with Rabby Wallet and Metamask extensions.

Dear Sir, Firefox is not working with Rabby Wallet and Metamask extensions. It does no pop-up the window to see the transaction and sign it. Firefox 134.0.1 (64-bit).… (read more)

Dear Sir,

Firefox is not working with Rabby Wallet and Metamask extensions.

It does no pop-up the window to see the transaction and sign it. Firefox 134.0.1 (64-bit). Windows 10 Home.

On Metamask at least I can click on the pinned extension and see the window. However it´s not the expected behavior, because it should open the pop-up automatically. With Rabby wallet it is impossible to proceed, even clicking on the extension icon.

Please fix it.

Asked by mistermunir 1 month ago

Answered by mistermunir 4 weeks ago

FIREFOX ESR

Hi, with Debian 12 every time I open Firefox ESR (128.6.0esr) in background opens a terminal window (seems to be a kind of log actions) This terminal if i close it term… (read more)

Hi, with Debian 12 every time I open Firefox ESR (128.6.0esr) in background opens a terminal window (seems to be a kind of log actions) This terminal if i close it terminates the Firefox too. I could not find an explanation of this behavior in the internet. Thankful for Your advice to get rid of this problem.

Asked by sifajana 1 month ago

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Missing extension

I have just got a new laptop and installed everything in relation to Firefox onto it. I have used the Nordpass extension for a couple of years and on the old laptop this… (read more)

I have just got a new laptop and installed everything in relation to Firefox onto it. I have used the Nordpass extension for a couple of years and on the old laptop this is version 5.23.13 updated 16/10/24. On visiting the add-on and extension site today there is only a legacy version 4.33 updated 2y ago which clearly no longer works. Where has it gone. Clearly I am going to ask the same question of Nord, but I hope you can help.

Asked by David Large 1 month ago

Answered by James 1 month ago

Help me to run Firefox 48 on MacOS Sequoia

Background: I need to run an enterprise web app on selected PCs and Macs, the browser will not be used for browsing, do not highlight security risks. I must absolutely u… (read more)

Background: I need to run an enterprise web app on selected PCs and Macs, the browser will not be used for browsing, do not highlight security risks.

I must absolutely use Firefox 48 because it is the latest version to support showModalDialog()

I installed Firefox 48 on Windows and everything is ok, it works as it should.

On MacOS Sequoia, on the other hand, Firefox starts, the menus in the “Apple” bar at the top are usable, but the browser window is totally transparent, only the border and title bar are slightly visible.

I read on the support forum that it might be enough to disable hardware acceleration, but I can't do that because the options page doesn't even show!

Asked by Mattia 1 month ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 month ago