I am constantly being shown this message: "Firefox prevented this page from automatically redirecting to another page." Why does this happen?
I am constantly being shown this message: "Firefox prevented this page from automatically redirecting to another page." The result is that I am often looking at a blank screen with an option to click on "Allow." But sometimes the message comes up and I am on the page I want to be on anyway. I don't understand this and don't know how to change this setting, if indeed I have set up Firefox this way. Help?
Réiteach roghnaithe
There is a setting that can cause this message in Options > Advanced > General
"Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page"
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Advanced%20panel
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Do a malware check with some malware scan programs. You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of the database before doing a scan.
- http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
- http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
- http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
- http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
- http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php - Ad-Aware Free
See also "Spyware on Windows": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked and Searches are redirected to another site
That message is a result of your settings
- Firefox button/File > Options > Advanced > General > un-check "Warn me when web sites try to redirect or reload the page" to no longer see that message
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Réiteach Roghnaithe
There is a setting that can cause this message in Options > Advanced > General
"Warn me when websites try to redirect or reload the page"
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Advanced%20panel
Thank you!!