IE & Firefox does not display gif

[Slacker2011]

Dear all....this is my first post in the forum. Hope the kind souls here can assist.

I am on Win7 Starter, 32 bit.

When I browse using IE or firefox, the gif images do not display at all. What appears is a box with a dot in the centre.

I had downloaded gifview, tried to run, but there was no further movement to the program.

Appreciate any assistance.

Thanx alot.

 

[Slacker2011]

The circled items when i right click on properties shows as

http://forum.channelnewsasia.com/templates/subSilver/images/logo_phpBB.gif

 

[Slacker2011]

Hi....anyone encounter this problem as well? Tried reloading the page, but still doesnt work.

Appreciate any help....thanx...

 

[RealPetChicken]

Do you use ZoneAlarm?

 

[Not Myself]

For Firefox:

Images or animations do not load - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

[Slacker2011]

I am using the 60 days Norton trial, and even after holding the "Shift" and reload, still doesnt work and display the i believe is gif images....using another laptop and surfing it, seems that it works on the other laptop on vista....

 

[7asho0m]

Be sure to have an antivirus maybe its a virus affected a file in the firefox, you can:
1) Try reinstalling.
2) Tools > Content > Load images automatically (be sure that it is checked).
3) Go to exceptions at the content tab, be sure no site is blocked.
4) Clearing cache

If any of these didn't help you, you may want to check this:
Images or animations do not show | Troubleshooting | Firefox Help

 

[Not Myself]

I am using the 60 days Norton trial, and even after holding the "Shift" and reload, still doesnt work and display the i believe is gif images....using another laptop and surfing it, seems that it works on the other laptop on vista....

Norton is known to cause problems with Firefox, although I don't know if that is applicable to the present situation:

Firewalls - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

Diagnostic steps for Firefox problems:

Standard diagnostic - Firefox - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

 

[RealPetChicken]

Check in Norton for any settings having to deal with Internet/browser settings. Sometime AV programs block certain things from your browser, like animated gifs etc. Zone Alarm does it if you can try to disable norton or any other malware program you have running temporarily and check if it solves the problem.

 

[Slacker2011]

Thanx for the advice....will most probably uninstall norton after the free period, that is in about 1 mth time, as I have a mcafee 3 user which is active until Nov..... will update again.....

 

[RealPetChicken]

Thanx for the advice....will most probably uninstall norton after the free period, that is in about 1 mth time, as I have a mcafee 3 user which is active until Nov..... will update again.....

I suggest Microsoft Security Essentials as your Antivirus program. Not only is it free but it uses less memory, and it does a better job protecting computers than the paying ones.

I have used it and have never had a virus problem.