Poke Salad Annie Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Since I last downloaded the update for Firefox, Google will not work as a search engine. When I go to some websites, I can see that it is trying to connect or route through to Google, and it will finally happen, but it takes what seems to be forever! Any ideas of what could be wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatA Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Maybe try unistalling and reinstalling the new Firefox? From a quick search it seems like a fairly common problem, but not many solutions. Edited July 21, 2012 by KatA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 A few years ago I had so many issues with Firefox crashing and hanging while loading pages after one particular update that I decided to try Chrome. I've never gone back to Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Maybe try unistalling and reinstalling the new Firefox? From a quick search it seems like a fairly common problem, but not many solutions. I did try that when this first happened, but had no luck with solving the problem. I tried a Firefox reset, but that didn't help either. I also noticed that there were not many solutions when I ran a search on this problem, so I guess I've hit a dead end. A few years ago I had so many issues with Firefox crashing and hanging while loading pages after one particular update that I decided to try Chrome. I've never gone back to Firefox. I tried to access Google Chrome, but since I can't get to anything Google, this won't work either. Should I just try Internet Explorer and then remove Firefox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I wonder if you have some kind of malware or browser hijacker on your machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatA Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I had Firefox, and I switched to Chrome too. I like it. I've never had any weird issues. Maybe you can install IE, and install Chrome through there. If you want to change. It's probably a Firefox issue and maybe it'll fix itself soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 I wonder if you have some kind of malware or browser hijacker on your machine? I have wondered the same thing, but my protection program is not picking it up if there is one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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