hello steve,

thanks for sharing.

What is happening is that we are caught in the middle of a war between the tech giants and Also between the tech giants and the immoral, ie, thieves, china military, russia, et al

So the weaponry, per se, is always evolving.

Many of the old tactics we all use to use against malware are now struggling to be viable because they are slowly being forgotten and not used. However, many people still use these products, like your ad block, which only causes more work and more confusion for the computer and computer users.

Additionally, microsoft wants its users to primarily use microsoft products, such as its microsoft browser. So when microsoft sends us updates and patches, the company does not give a damn if none-microsoft products no longer function well. For example, WordPerfect was the bee's knee's in word processing. But microsoft bought Office and then kept making changes to the o.s. that continually made WP users frustrated and eventually switch over to MSWord.

So its up to the tech giants and their techies that design none-microsoft products, like FireFox, to keep up to the changes made to the Microsoft o.s.

So between microsoft and computer users modifying the operating system, applications like FireFox become unstable.

In anycase, the answer to your question is: Yes, we care because you are like us. So whatever you experience with your computer, we will likely experience as well.

My suggestion for you is to keep life and your computer simple. Dont load it up with software that is bloated, redundant apps and malware in disguised as the bee's knee's.

Thank you, ~dbben for taking the time to reply.

So you don't actually have a solution other than don't do anything complicated. You don't explain why Firefox 'tempted' me into using AdBlock by having it in its list within add-ons in its menu. I don't blame you etc, but nevertheless, it still leaves me high and dry.

Now that I've been attacked - and I do strongly suspect it was the AdBlock - I'm stuffed. I've now discovered that one of my 2 eBay accounts has been blocked as well - as if it doesn't exist. Yet it is fine on Chrome...

I also had a massive problem when I tried a YouTube Downloader tool - So why does my new computer invite these problems to happen in a way that it didn't on my previous computer?

Windows Defender is supposed to be so good; well, this ain't good, is it? So it should say Windows Defender is only OK for Microsoft products and browsers etc....

Windows Defender is supposed to make Kaspesky unnecessary....

And anyway, I've found that Kaspersky itself is over-zealous and blocks sites that are safe!.... Malwarebytes didn't work either....

Oh boy; what a mess for someone like me stuck in the middle..... Rubbish, really, innit?

I'm sick so of all this crap..... Whilst I do detest the big boys and bullies, I'm too bloodied and bruised to resist them any more.... So it's bye bye Firefox, hello Chrome sadly.....I can't carry on like this....

hello steve,

clearly, you became a victim of technology.

but in all fairness, FireFox has more protections than Chrome does. FireFox has built in technology to protect you.

But it cannot protect itself from its users.

For example, that app you use called Ad-Block. You dont need it. And why would you want to block ad's while viewing webpages anyways? The ads are not distracting or dangerous and create revenue for the web page owners.

So i would not be surprised if "Ad Block" was actually malware in disguised and spying on you and your system. But this is only an opinion but could be plausible.

Also, these down-loader apps, like for youtube's. If its a free app, then it likely installed the Ad Blocker. So for each ad that is blocked, the information is sent back to the Ad Blocker people. Then use your information to make money.

And then when you installed other freeware that claims to clean and protect your system, you may have actually installed even more contamination onto your system. Worse yet, some malware could have been installed at the boot level of your computer. And the boot level is virtually impossible to clean from the desktop level.

I dont know? But if I were you, I would reformat the disk then install a clean operating system.

While there is lots of freeware on the net, lots of it is designed by foreign countries and evil programmers. So you have to wise up and make really sure if 1) you need such freeware and 2) have you created a system to protect you in case they are the enemy and 3) trust reliable software brands.

Mozilla is a reliable brand, in my experience. But like with everything, it too must evolve and there will be hiccups in the process.