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While typing into the address bar on firefox the results are gibberish. Running version 45.0.1. happened since last windows update. No other applications affect

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While typing into the address bar on firefox the results are gibberish. Running version 45.0.1. happened since last windows update. No other applications affected

While typing into the address bar on firefox the results are gibberish. Running version 45.0.1. happened since last windows update. No other applications affected

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Hi gribbenhaus,

Could you provide a print screen of the results, as it is unclear what the problem is.

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Suluhisho teule

Hi gribbenhaus,

Could you provide a print screen of the results, as it is unclear what the problem is.

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when I try to type my user ID into a web portal or type anything into the address line it comes out as gobble di goob. In the attached screen shot I typed in tgribben3. you can see that that is not what showed in the User ID field

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Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support to see if that has effect in case security software is causing problems.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
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Along the same lines as the last reply, anti-keylogger features can cause this. For example, some versions of ZoneAlarm caused this problem in Firefox in past years: