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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

after recent upgrade to FF 3.6.10 when trying to go to a monster.com link i get error msg - 400 Bad request Your browser sent an invalid request.

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Error Msg - 400 Bad request Your browser sent an invalid request.


no problems prior to upgrade

Error Msg - 400 Bad request Your browser sent an invalid request. no problems prior to upgrade

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"Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove the Cookies" from sites that cause problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

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I have been having a tremendous problem with these 'Bad Request' errors. I'd say 40-50% of the pages I try to open from a link fail. I think it began happening prior to the Firefox v..3.6.10 upgrade, but I can't be certain.

I have tried following cor-el's fix, with no success. I have also renamed the cookies.txt and cookies.sqlite files as per another fix I found. It seemed to improve it for 10-15 links, then it was back as bad as ever.

What I have found is I can work around it. I have an option in my main context menu that allows me to save the current URL to the clipboard. I don't remember if this is from an add-on or not. I also have an add-on that places an icon on my toolbar that allows me to open the URL on the clipboard in the current tab, or a new tab. If I use these two features, I can open the link 99% of the time.

I have also scanned for a malware bug purported to cause this problem, but it was not present.

This is making Firefox almost un-usable for the long term. If FF v 4.0 doesn't fix it. I may reluctantly be forced to use Chrome.

Here is a list of the add-ons, themes & plug-ins I have installed I have installed:

Extensions

AboutPlug v. 1.4 
http://www.jasnapaka.com/mozilla/aboutplug/
Adblock Plus v. 1.2.2 
http://adblockplus.org/
Auto Copy v. 1.0.1 
http://autocopy.mozdev.org
Clean And Close v. 2.5.1 
http://twitter.com/cleanandclose
Clear Fields v. 3.0.2 
http://alex.alexander.googlepages.com/clearfields
Close Button v. 0.3.8
Close n forget v. 0.11.1 
http://addons.mozilla.org/
CoLT v. 2.5.0 
http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/
Compact Menu 2 v. 4.0 
http://github.com/Milly/compact_menu_2
Cookie Button in the status bar v. 0.9.3 
http://basic.mozdev.org/cookiebutton/
Custom Toolbar Buttons v. 0.6.0.8 
http://codefisher.org/toolbar_button/toolbar_button_maker
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG v. 1.9.3 
http://www.cutemenuproject.com/
Depositfile plugin v. 0.3 [disabled]
http://depositfiles.com
deskCut v. 0.6.0.2 
http://deskcut.mozdev.org
Download Statusbar v. 0.9.7.1 
http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
DownloadHelper v. 4.8 
http://www.downloadhelper.net
Favicon Picker 3 v. 0.5
FireFTP v. 1.0.9 
http://fireftp.mozdev.org
functions for keyconfig v. 1.4.0 [disabled]
http://www.pqrs.org/~tekezo/firefox/extensions/functions_for_keyconfig/
InfoLister v. 0.10.3 
http://mozilla.doslash.org/infolister
InFormEnter v. 0.5.5.9 
http://informenter.mozdev.org/
Java Quick Starter v. 1.0
keyconfig v. 20080929 
http://mozilla.dorando.at/
Menu Editor v. 1.2.6 
http://menueditor.mozdev.org/
Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant v. 1.2.1 
http://www.microsoft.com/
Noia 2.0 eXtreme OPT v. 3.76 
http://kasteo.deviantart.com/
NoScript v. 2.0.3.2 
http://noscript.net
Open Addons v. 1.2.1 
http://openaddons.extra.hu
Open link in... v. 1.8 
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=118365
OpenBook v. 2.0.1.1 [disabled]
http://www.chuonthis.com/extensions/
OpenDownload v. 1.0.0 
http://mozmonkey.com/
PDF Download v. 3.0.0.1 
http://www.pdfdownload.org
Read It Later v. 2.0.6 
http://readitlaterlist.com
Save Link in Folder v. 1.5.2
selectivecookiedelete v. 3.5
Tab Mix Plus v. 0.3.8.4 
http://tmp.garyr.net

Themes

Default v. 3.6.10
Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) v. 3.76 [selected]
http://kasteo.deviantart.com

Plugins

Adobe Acrobat
DivX Player Netscape Plugin
DivX Web Player
Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U10
Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U15
Microsoft® DRM
Mozilla Default Plug-in
OpenOffice.org Plug-in
Shockwave Flash
Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library
Windows Presentation Foundation

Gewysig op deur cor-el

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As a test you can try to run Firefox in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode.

In PB mode Firefox uses a separate set of cookies and also the disk cache is disabled. New cookies are still created according to the settings in Tools > Options > Privacy, but they expire if PB mode is ended. If that works then you may have security software that corrupts the cookies.sqlite file.

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Same problem in FF 4.0.1