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When I open Firefox, The tab keeps quickly flicking between "Connecting" and "New Tab". The browser will not connect to any site.

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paulatlosource
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This occurred straight after visiting the isohunt site. I had a message saying "Firefox is preventing 

IsoHunt from installing a program, will you allow?" (or words to that effect). I gave permission then the problem started.

I have used Firefox on my iMac for a long time without any problem. I'm running OS X 10.7.5

Hope you can help

This occurred straight after visiting the isohunt site. I had a message saying "Firefox is preventing IsoHunt from installing a program, will you allow?" (or words to that effect). I gave permission then the problem started. I have used Firefox on my iMac for a long time without any problem. I'm running OS X 10.7.5 Hope you can help

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i have that problem on my pc but i was watching youtube then fallout new vegas nexus then i closed it and then start playing a game then when i opened firefox again it was flickering between connecting and new tap

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agathon1998
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i have that problem on my pc but i was watching youtube then fallout new vegas nexus then i closed it and then start playing a game then when i opened firefox again it was flickering between connecting and new tap

blokeablaze
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Guys, i have been encountering the same problem as well. I tried a few tips online like turning the hardware acceleration off and clearing up my cache but none of the solutions have worked for me. I would be thankful if someone could help me with this as FF is good for nothing as no site would open. THANKS!

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.

You can use one of these to start Firefox in Safe mode:

  • On Windows, hold down the Shift key while starting Firefox with a double-click on the Firefox desktop shortcut
  • On Mac, hold down the Options key while starting Firefox
  • Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled

If it does work in Firefox Safe-mode then disable all extensions (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")

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