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Firefox disables broweser extensions.
my browser | 5/4/2019 | Self

Posted on 05/04/2019 7:58:53 AM PDT by Ouderkirk

I am not much of a vanity poster.

This morning I have noticed that Firefox had disabled my browser extensions for Ghostery and Adblock plus. I tried to install several other adblock anti-trackers and none of them will install.

I have tried to re-install them yet I am denied.

I hate to wave goodbye to Firefox as I have been onboard since the Netscape days. But, I cannot get these extensions to install no matter what I do and I will dump them if they want to force the issue


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: adblockers; broweser; dsj02; firefox; mozilla; trackers; windowspinglist
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To: Ouderkirk

https://www.ghacks.net/2019/05/04/your-firefox-extensions-are-all-disabled-thats-a-bug/


21 posted on 05/04/2019 8:22:16 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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To: Ouderkirk

https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/03/a-glitch-is-breaking-all-firefox-extensions/


22 posted on 05/04/2019 8:22:27 AM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Ouderkirk

Both my Ghostery and Adblock plus are gone


23 posted on 05/04/2019 8:25:17 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: Ouderkirk; upchuck

Yes, I had the exact same issue, just opened it up to try again this morning and the first thing I saw was your post. Upchuck’s link in #13 seems to have some good information if you haven’t checked it yet.


24 posted on 05/04/2019 8:25:21 AM PDT by NotFinished
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To: Ouderkirk

Happened to me last night also.

Because the glitch stems from an underlying certificate, re-installing extensions won’t work — if you try, you’ll likely just be met with a different error message. Getting extensions back for everyone is going to require Mozilla to issue a patch.


25 posted on 05/04/2019 8:26:31 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Ouderkirk
That happened to me last night, now it's back to normal. I actually had to look at the internet without an ad blocker. The horror, the horror...

Realistic Internet Simulator

26 posted on 05/04/2019 8:26:53 AM PDT by CtBigPat (Qanon - Please be real...)
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To: DesScorp

Same here - been using Palemoon and Brave


27 posted on 05/04/2019 8:29:35 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Ouderkirk; Born to Conserve

seems to be a fix. noted here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3746837/posts?page=15#15


28 posted on 05/04/2019 8:30:57 AM PDT by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: CtBigPat

People watching Youtube without adblockers were pulling their Hair out ,LOL


29 posted on 05/04/2019 8:31:19 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Ouderkirk; All

You may just need to update your Firefox Browser. I am using Firefox with only Ghostery add on, and it is working fine. All you need is Ghostery Ad block and skip Adblock.

Anyway, if you cannot get it to work, then I strongly recommend using BRAVE. The creator of the Brave Browse is the creator of Java and the Firefox Browser. He is a conservative and was kicked out of Firefox for being a strong supporter of Traditional marriage.

Brave requires no Add ons and is faster the Google Chrome. It does a great job blocking unwanted Ads. Try it out. I think you will like it. Here is the link. Try it out and you can import all your bookmarks. Here is the link below.

https://brave.com/


30 posted on 05/04/2019 8:37:14 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Ouderkirk

Yep - I’ve encountered it too after an update.

I kept getting a Firefox pop-up telling me my browser was “critically out of date”. I foolishly allowed it to update and now it is largely unusable.

I set that machine aside and moved to a different computer. I guess that’s on the todo list for this weekend...


31 posted on 05/04/2019 8:38:08 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: Ouderkirk

Not much of a speller either, but seriously, as I understand Firefox is disabling extensions that are obfuscated. Meaning you can’t dis-assemble the code.


32 posted on 05/04/2019 8:38:33 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: Ouderkirk

Yes I did notice.

Not too happy either.


33 posted on 05/04/2019 8:39:40 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Raycpa

No, they said they would be disabling extensions. Not a virus.


34 posted on 05/04/2019 8:40:06 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: thoughtomator

Is Brave more accepted than it was in the beginning? I tried it right after firefox got stupid... I couldn’t open several websites with it.


35 posted on 05/04/2019 8:41:44 AM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: RebelTXRose

I’ve had no trouble whatsoever with it.


36 posted on 05/04/2019 8:43:19 AM PDT by thoughtomator (The Clinton Coup attempt was a worse attack on the USA than was 9/11)
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To: Ouderkirk; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; ..
What's up with Firefox today??? ... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

This happened to me, too. No AdBlock, etc.

37 posted on 05/04/2019 8:48:29 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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To: RebelTXRose

Brave is excellent now. Give it another try.


38 posted on 05/04/2019 8:54:09 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Ouderkirk

Get on Brave. It is a very good browser, feature rich, can take Chrome extensions.


39 posted on 05/04/2019 8:54:28 AM PDT by IDFbunny (Fat shaming works.)
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To: Ouderkirk

yep. same here. bye bye firefox


40 posted on 05/04/2019 8:54:46 AM PDT by joshua c
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