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LIL L · 04-23-2008, 07:41 PM

when i open firefox it goes to the firefox/google search engine perfectly. when i type something in and click search, the status bar shows up like its gonna do something for a couple of minutes but then don't. i can go to some of my websites with the dropdown at the address bar but not all. the ones i can go to load perfectly and i can go anywere in the website. i can go to almost any search engine except yahoo. once i get there it does the same thing, it acts like its gonng do something when i click search but doesn't. also sometimes a tab pops up automaticly with a system error fix website and a spyware type message pops up and says that i need to clean my system. adult friend finder pops up sometimes too. it kinda alternates between the two. i have norton 360 and it says that i have no viruses, spyware, or malware. it did say that i did have some browser vunerability threats or attacks or whatever but norton fixes all of that stuff automaticly and it said it fixed it. internet explorer runs slow on my system cause tabs keep opening automaticly trying to open but saying error 404 or something, page not found anyway. does norton support firefox or do you have to configure that yourself? it started messing up when i had xp sp2 but i was switching to vista so i didn't pay it any mind, now i did a clean install with vista and its doing the same thing and i haven't even had it installed for a week yet. will tweaking firefox mess it up in any way? i believe its a virus problem but norton has been working for me for a while and i don't really want to beleive that its starting to slip. any suggestions?

04-23-2008, 07:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
LIL L Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NC Posts: 168 OS: xp home edition	won't go past search page when i open firefox it goes to the firefox/google search engine perfectly. when i type something in and click search, the status bar shows up like its gonna do something for a couple of minutes but then don't. i can go to some of my websites with the dropdown at the address bar but not all. the ones i can go to load perfectly and i can go anywere in the website. i can go to almost any search engine except yahoo. once i get there it does the same thing, it acts like its gonng do something when i click search but doesn't. also sometimes a tab pops up automaticly with a system error fix website and a spyware type message pops up and says that i need to clean my system. adult friend finder pops up sometimes too. it kinda alternates between the two. i have norton 360 and it says that i have no viruses, spyware, or malware. it did say that i did have some browser vunerability threats or attacks or whatever but norton fixes all of that stuff automaticly and it said it fixed it. internet explorer runs slow on my system cause tabs keep opening automaticly trying to open but saying error 404 or something, page not found anyway. does norton support firefox or do you have to configure that yourself? it started messing up when i had xp sp2 but i was switching to vista so i didn't pay it any mind, now i did a clean install with vista and its doing the same thing and i haven't even had it installed for a week yet. will tweaking firefox mess it up in any way? i believe its a virus problem but norton has been working for me for a while and i don't really want to beleive that its starting to slip. any suggestions? Last edited by LIL L : 04-23-2008 at 07:46 PM.