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FIREFOX VERSION PROBLEM

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jason_ross9590
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Hello, just an ordinary user here. I am using Firefox long ago, 'till I switched just today. I ran basic security tests until I got to http://whatismybrowser.com. It says that I'm still running on FF78 but actually I am on FF83 [https://whatismybrowser.com/w/N7QEGDA] .I refred firefox and reset to the default settings still, the problem persists. What is this all about? What am I should do? Thank you so much, I would appreciate your help.

Hello, just an ordinary user here. I am using Firefox long ago, 'till I switched just today. I ran basic security tests until I got to [http://whatismybrowser.com]. It says that I'm still running on FF78 but actually I am on FF83 [[https://whatismybrowser.com/w/N7QEGDA]] .I refred firefox and reset to the default settings still, the problem persists. What is this all about? What am I should do? Thank you so much, I would appreciate your help.
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Do you have enabled "Resist Fingerprinting" if you check "Resist Fingerprinting" on the about:config page as this affects the user agent?

  • privacy.resistFingerprinting = false

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can click the button to "Accept the Risk and Continue".

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FredMcD
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Your Question Details shows: User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/78.0


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-reset-default-user-agent-firefox

http://www.howtogeek.com/113439/how-to-change-your-browsers-user-agent-without-installing-any-extensions/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/websites-say-firefox-outdated-or-incompatible

cor-el
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Do you have enabled "Resist Fingerprinting" if you check "Resist Fingerprinting" on the about:config page as this affects the user agent?

  • privacy.resistFingerprinting = false

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can click the button to "Accept the Risk and Continue".