Odd Firefox 3.5.6 Problem


  1. Posts : 632
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       #1

    Odd Firefox 3.5.6 Problem


    For the past few weeks, I have been experiencing a weird problem on a single website. It doesn't happen in IE, only Firefox. When I go to the Washington Examiner news site, and scroll a bit down the page, the page will reload and jump to a google search page! The words that I supposedly "searched" for are always the same... "washingtonexaminer com js ga js", but of course I never actually searched for anything... something on the webpage is triggering a weird reaction in my browser.

    Could someone running the latest Firefox check that link for me and see if it happens to you too?

    I think it is related to the flash video in a blocked ad in the right column... but I'm not 100% sure.

    Thanks!
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  2. Posts : 6,857
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop)
       #2

    It didn't redirect me, but that may be due to the fact that I am running the NoScript
    add-on.
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  3. Posts : 632
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    Thread Starter
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    noob said:
    It didn't redirect me, but that may be due to the fact that I am running the NoScript
    add-on.
    Thanks for checking. NoScript will be clue #1... and it makes sense since both the buggy flash video and the redirect are js functions.
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  4. Posts : 632
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    Thread Starter
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    Solution: It was (not surprisingly) an add-on. "Save Tube Video 3.0" , a video capture extension, was causing the trouble. It didn't react well to an embedded video that site had on all of its pages.
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  5. Posts : 6,857
    Win 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 (desktop)
       #5

    Glad to hear the mystery is solved.
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