after recent upgrade to FF 3.6.10 when trying to go to a monster.com link i get error msg - 400 Bad request Your browser sent an invalid request.
Error Msg - 400 Bad request Your browser sent an invalid request.
no problems prior to upgrade
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"Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
"Remove the Cookies" from sites that cause problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
I have been having a tremendous problem with these 'Bad Request' errors. I'd say 40-50% of the pages I try to open from a link fail. I think it began happening prior to the Firefox v..3.6.10 upgrade, but I can't be certain.
I have tried following cor-el's fix, with no success. I have also renamed the cookies.txt and cookies.sqlite files as per another fix I found. It seemed to improve it for 10-15 links, then it was back as bad as ever.
What I have found is I can work around it. I have an option in my main context menu that allows me to save the current URL to the clipboard. I don't remember if this is from an add-on or not. I also have an add-on that places an icon on my toolbar that allows me to open the URL on the clipboard in the current tab, or a new tab. If I use these two features, I can open the link 99% of the time.
I have also scanned for a malware bug purported to cause this problem, but it was not present.
This is making Firefox almost un-usable for the long term. If FF v 4.0 doesn't fix it. I may reluctantly be forced to use Chrome.
Here is a list of the add-ons, themes & plug-ins I have installed I have installed:
Extensions AboutPlug v. 1.4 http://www.jasnapaka.com/mozilla/aboutplug/ Adblock Plus v. 1.2.2 http://adblockplus.org/ Auto Copy v. 1.0.1 http://autocopy.mozdev.org Clean And Close v. 2.5.1 http://twitter.com/cleanandclose Clear Fields v. 3.0.2 http://alex.alexander.googlepages.com/clearfields Close Button v. 0.3.8 Close n forget v. 0.11.1 http://addons.mozilla.org/ CoLT v. 2.5.0 http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/ Compact Menu 2 v. 4.0 http://github.com/Milly/compact_menu_2 Cookie Button in the status bar v. 0.9.3 http://basic.mozdev.org/cookiebutton/ Custom Toolbar Buttons v. 0.6.0.8 http://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/toolbar_button_maker CuteMenus - Crystal SVG v. 1.9.3 http://www.cutemenuproject.com/ Depositfile plugin v. 0.3 [disabled] http://depositfiles.com deskCut v. 0.6.0.2 http://deskcut.mozdev.org Download Statusbar v. 0.9.7.1 http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/ DownloadHelper v. 4.8 http://www.downloadhelper.net Favicon Picker 3 v. 0.5 FireFTP v. 1.0.9 http://fireftp.mozdev.org functions for keyconfig v. 1.4.0 [disabled] http://www.pqrs.org/~tekezo/firefox/extensions/functions_for_keyconfig/ InfoLister v. 0.10.3 http://mozilla.doslash.org/infolister InFormEnter v. 0.5.5.9 http://informenter.mozdev.org/ Java Quick Starter v. 1.0 keyconfig v. 20080929 http://mozilla.dorando.at/ Menu Editor v. 1.2.6 http://menueditor.mozdev.org/ Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant v. 1.2.1 http://www.microsoft.com/ Noia 2.0 eXtreme OPT v. 3.76 http://kasteo.deviantart.com/ NoScript v. 2.0.3.2 http://noscript.net Open Addons v. 1.2.1 http://openaddons.extra.hu Open link in... v. 1.8 http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=118365 OpenBook v. 2.0.1.1 [disabled] http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/ OpenDownload v. 1.0.0 http://mozmonkey.com/ PDF Download v. 3.0.0.1 http://www.pdfdownload.org Read It Later v. 2.0.6 http://readitlaterlist.com Save Link in Folder v. 1.5.2 selectivecookiedelete v. 3.5 Tab Mix Plus v. 0.3.8.4 http://tmp.garyr.net Themes Default v. 3.6.10 Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) v. 3.76 [selected] http://kasteo.deviantart.com Plugins Adobe Acrobat DivX Player Netscape Plugin DivX Web Player Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U10 Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U15 Microsoft® DRM Mozilla Default Plug-in OpenOffice.org Plug-in Shockwave Flash Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library Windows Presentation Foundation
Modified by cor-el
As a test you can try to run Firefox in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode.
In PB mode Firefox uses a separate set of cookies and also the disk cache is disabled. New cookies are still created according to the settings in Tools > Options > Privacy, but they expire if PB mode is ended. If that works then you may have security software that corrupts the cookies.sqlite file.
Same problem in FF 4.0.1