NFT: Firefox question

No thoughts?

What did you use for malware detection? What OS are you on?

whatever that is, is it the same one every tab?

Apparently if you have not closed every tab on either, ZOOMBY ads, come to life. Make sure you close all tabs.

and reinstall.

addons. That will fix the issue.

and Malwarebytes. Both come up clean.

I have used Adblock from the start.

I keep intact the message reminder that you are closing multiple tabs.

I uninstalled Firefox and re-installed with the same result. I have since uninstalled and deleted all files/registry entries for Mozilla.

I have been a Firefox guy all the way, not too fond of Chrome. But, I have been using Chrome at work for a while now. Any thoughts on one vs. the other here? Do I bother trying install of Firefox one more time?

where youtube videos only played on chrome, not with FF or IE.

I figured it was google's heavy handed attempt to make me switch browsers since they own youtube.

I refused and eventually figured it out.

but have you googled the issue? It looks like others have had the same issue and there may be solutions out there. Some have resolved the isse by disabling the "Cool Preview" add-on.

In comment 12001789 pjcas18 said:

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where youtube videos only played on chrome, not with FF or IE. I figured it was google's heavy handed attempt to make me switch browsers since they own youtube. I refused and eventually figured it out.

This is one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Google is doing no such thing and YouTube works fine across all modern browsers.

In comment 12001794 Jon from PA said:

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but have you googled the issue? It looks like others have had the same issue and there may be solutions out there. Some have resolved the isse by disabling the "Cool Preview" add-on.

Jon I did Google it and didn't find anything. Perhaps I wasn't wording it properly. Do you have a link to what you found?

"music plays when i open firefox"

try here

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/943202



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1) I already uninstalled last night, deleted all the Mozilla files I could find, and deleted the registry entries.

2) Today, when I downloaded and installed Firefox cleanly, the add ons, plugins, bookmarks, etc. from the previous install were still there.

3) CoolPreviews was not among them and the music byte continues.

4) Installing CoolPreviews didn't fix the problem, nor did disabling it.

5) I do have a Upromise toolbar. Even removing that did not solve the problem.

6) Neither of those links did the trick.

In comment 12001802 Giantology said:

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In comment 12001789 pjcas18 said: Quote: where youtube videos only played on chrome, not with FF or IE. I figured it was google's heavy handed attempt to make me switch browsers since they own youtube. I refused and eventually figured it out. This is one of the stupidest things I've ever read. Google is doing no such thing and YouTube works fine across all modern browsers.

ok, so you're a genius then because I work in IT and there was logical reason and no know fix, but keep up the smart-ass douche bag routine - it fits you well.

many other people had the exact same problem.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jdt3izb2ug

restoring from a restore point was the only way I fixed it

should be was no logical reason and no known fix

I trust you, but you have any thoughts on my problem?

what is your home page when you start firefox?

Home Page = https://yahoo.com

on the home page that play when you are accessing them, or I guess changing tabs. maybe try and change your home page to something plain like mozilla.org or google.com and see if that changes anything.

The issue isn't constant sound. It plays a sound byte of about 5-10 seconds of music only when a new tabe finishes loading. It does not happen when the browser initially opens.

Have you checked the system sounds in the Control Panel? Some folks have found that sounds have been changed there by themes, updates or programs they are running. Look in particular at "menu command" sound and see if that matches what you have been hearing.

Good luck!

NoScript. I think it has a Notification option which will play a sound when blocking a script.

It is neither. It isn't a sound; it is more of 10 second music clip. The same clip every time.

but I had the same youtube on firefox issue a few months back. Forgot how I fixed it but it was quite vexing.

or change the default multi-tab approach and see if it continues, - you go to options and remove all the checkboxes under the tabs menu item

Finally was able to wipe out everything so I could get a clean and fresh install. So, far so good. I added NoScript, which I never had before. The only extension I haven't added yet is the UPromise Toolbar, which is having problems on their server side. We'll see if that was it sometime later.

with Yahoo! as the home page.