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I see Chinese characters overlaying the text on tabs when I am logged into some financial institutions. What does that mean? Thanks

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cpfitch
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I am concerned these characters suggest that the browser's secure connection has been breached. I do not see these when I use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I am aware there was a security concern with https connections that is supposed to have been resolved. I have updated my FireFox browser to the latest version, but the characters still continue to display when I am logged into one particular financial institution. That is the only time they appear. Any ideas?

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I am concerned these characters suggest that the browser's secure connection has been breached. I do not see these when I use Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. I am aware there was a security concern with https connections that is supposed to have been resolved. I have updated my FireFox browser to the latest version, but the characters still continue to display when I am logged into one particular financial institution. That is the only time they appear. Any ideas? Thanks,

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hello cpfitch, other affected users tied this same issue to the mcafee site advisor extension - please try to disable or remove that in case you have it present.

http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS100162

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hello cpfitch, other affected users tied this same issue to the mcafee site advisor extension - please try to disable or remove that in case you have it present.

http://service.mcafee.com/faqdocument.aspx?id=TS100162