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How do I stop my login.json file corrupting everytime I close Firefox?

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I'm currently deployed and using a VPN over the Sapphire Wifi network. My Laptop is over five years old and will be replaced within two months. However when I close Firefox the login.json file corrupts everytime. I don't really know what to do anymore. I've copied the file and the key file to a folder on my dektop so I can just replace them when it happens, but I move my computer twice a day for work and it's getting tiresome.

I'm currently deployed and using a VPN over the Sapphire Wifi network. My Laptop is over five years old and will be replaced within two months. However when I close Firefox the login.json file corrupts everytime. I don't really know what to do anymore. I've copied the file and the key file to a folder on my dektop so I can just replace them when it happens, but I move my computer twice a day for work and it's getting tiresome.

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Don't seem to have any issues anymore. Thank you for all the help y'all.

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Hello,

When you close Firefox, it may be crashing instead of closing and this may not be obvious to you as the expected behaviour (Firefox closes) is exactly the same. Can you please provide the support information as per the below instructions?

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Most likely it is caused by something AVG does at startup. Here's a recent article: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/06/14/if-you-lost-all-passwords-in-firefox-read-this/ Probably there will be more news on this by early next week as there are a lot of Avast and AVG users.

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Just had to reset the computer for driver updates and nothing happened to my passwords/logins. I'll update again after I leave work for the day if I do lose them again.

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AVG is aware of the problem by now and looking into a fix (should only be a matter of hours).

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Don't seem to have any issues anymore. Thank you for all the help y'all.