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Denc nañu waxtaan wii. Yónneel yeneen laaj soo soxlaa ndimbal.
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Strange new tab on startup

Firefox
enteon replied am na 15 at
enteon
enteon

Hi.

Every time firefox starts it opens a new tab with the location "http://3124259593/" which is automagically translated into a valid IP (ping does it too) but obviously leads to nothing most of the time. In case it does, I don't know the router password :D

How can I kill this tab once and for all?

No matter what settings I use, to load last tabs or not, blank on start or home, it doesn't help. Disabling all addons doesn't help. What helps is creating a new profile, but that's a hassle and I want to find out what causes this bug.

I'm not sure for how long this has been around, might have been since the last one or two betas.

Edit:

  • ente@lappi:/$ grep -r 3124259593 /home/ente/.mozilla/
  • ente@lappi:/$ grep -r 3124259593 /home/ente/.firefox/
  • ente@lappi:/$
Hi. Every time firefox starts it opens a new tab with the location "http://3124259593/" which is automagically translated into a valid IP (ping does it too) but obviously leads to nothing most of the time. In case it does, I don't know the router password :D How can I kill this tab once and for all? No matter what settings I use, to load last tabs or not, blank on start or home, it doesn't help. Disabling all addons doesn't help. What helps is creating a new profile, but that's a hassle and I want to find out what causes this bug. I'm not sure for how long this has been around, might have been since the last one or two betas. Edit: * ente@lappi:/$ grep -r 3124259593 /home/ente/.mozilla/ * ente@lappi:/$ grep -r 3124259593 /home/ente/.firefox/ * ente@lappi:/$

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cor-el
cor-el
  • Saytukat

You can show an IP as four 8 bit numbers or convert such an IP (186.56.107.9: 0xBA386B09) to an integer (3124259593) and that is what happened in this case (http://3124259593/ -> http://186.56.107.9/).

enteon
enteon Ki laajte

Interesting.

But where does it come from in the first place?

The number changes with reboots, but not with restarts of firefox.

Is this some fucked up data in a database? Is ET phoning home? :D

enteon
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Well I actually just found out what happened. My firefox shortcut started firefox with the %u parameter which apparently gave it some remnant memory data to open a new tab. I think it was capped to the right size so that it could be translated into an IP. But creating a new profile did work, as long as I called firefox through the shell...

Starting firefox without any parameter solves the spooky tab :-)

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