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You have disabled Real Player downloader, and I cannot get any help from Real because they believe that I have everything that I need.

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You have disabled Real Player Downloader because it could not be verified for use in Firefox, yet it was OK with you for the past few years. What has changed ? I cannot get an update from Real Player because they repeatedly tell me that I have the downloader installed and overiding that will impair other Real functionalities. I am between a " a rock and a hard place " , what can you do for me ? You have also disabled Trend Micro password manager. Trend is a very reputable provider , what is Mozilla's rationale ? If my question seem preposterous it's because I'm not computer savvy. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

You have disabled Real Player Downloader because it could not be verified for use in Firefox, yet it was OK with you for the past few years. What has changed ? I cannot get an update from Real Player because they repeatedly tell me that I have the downloader installed and overiding that will impair other Real functionalities. I am between a " a rock and a hard place " , what can you do for me ? You have also disabled Trend Micro password manager. Trend is a very reputable provider , what is Mozilla's rationale ? If my question seem preposterous it's because I'm not computer savvy. I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

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I hav not gotten the Real Downloader to work on my systen for years. I just use the download managers that are available for Firefox.

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Firefox 43+ requires that extensions be digitally signed by Mozilla. This article has more information: Add-on signing in Firefox. Most publishers who continue updating their add-ons should be taking care of that soon, but it sounds as though Real wants you to switch to their newer add-ons.

As a temporary workaround, you can turn off the signing requirement but there's currently no way to only make an exception for specific extensions so it's a global change.

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste xpin and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double-click the xpinstall.signatures.required preference to switch it from true to false -- note that this is for Firefox 43-45 only

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I hav not gotten the Real Downloader to work on my systen for years. I just use the download managers that are available for Firefox.

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.