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Why am I getting BOD from the latest versions of FF 17,18,19? MS newset update (KB2670838) is distorting the characters on webpages.

gene2usa2003
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I have been getting blue screens of death from the latest versions of Firefox starting with 17. I now have version 19 and still getting BOD when I am browsing. It happens randomly, no particular site. I am running Win 7 Pro 64, with 8 GB of RAM, AMD Phenon II 4X, ATI Rad HD 4850 videocard. I keep my software up to date and my system protected.

Plus this recent update from Microsoft (KB2670838) on 2/27/2013 is distorting the text on Firefox on all websites. It happens as I scroll down and the text at the top distorts and changes color. I did not get the same reaction from IE9, testing to see. When I highlight the test it appears correctly.

I have been getting blue screens of death from the latest versions of Firefox starting with 17. I now have version 19 and still getting BOD when I am browsing. It happens randomly, no particular site. I am running Win 7 Pro 64, with 8 GB of RAM, AMD Phenon II 4X, ATI Rad HD 4850 videocard. I keep my software up to date and my system protected. Plus this recent update from Microsoft (KB2670838) on 2/27/2013 is distorting the text on Firefox on all websites. It happens as I scroll down and the text at the top distorts and changes color. I did not get the same reaction from IE9, testing to see. When I highlight the test it appears correctly.

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After the Microsoft update KB2670838 Firefox crashed repeatedly and would not start. Explorer did the same. This update seems to be buggy, as colleagues experienced the same. I uninstalled the update and everything worked fine after that.

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After the Microsoft update KB2670838 Firefox crashed repeatedly and would not start. Explorer did the same. This update seems to be buggy, as colleagues experienced the same. I uninstalled the update and everything worked fine after that.

gene2usa2003
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Dreamtwister, thank you. I have that bad update removed and the text is normal again. Thank you very much!!!