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neither my favorites or default frontpage show up with firefox

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When I open Firefox, nothing will open. My frontpage and none of my favorites will open up. The screen just sits there and does nothing.I can read the name firefox at the top along with other dropdown names but that is all

When I open Firefox, nothing will open. My frontpage and none of my favorites will open up. The screen just sits there and does nothing.I can read the name firefox at the top along with other dropdown names but that is all

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Some problems occurs when your Internet security program was set to trust the previous version of Firefox, but no longer recognizes your updated version as trusted. Now how to fix the problem: To allow Firefox to connect to the Internet again;

  • Make sure your Internet security software is up-to-date (i.e. you are running the latest version)
  • Remove Firefox from your program's list of trusted or recognized programs, then add it back. For detailed instructions, see

Configure firewalls so that Firefox can access the Internet. {web link}

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Some problems occurs when your Internet security program was set to trust the previous version of Firefox, but no longer recognizes your updated version as trusted. Now how to fix the problem: To allow Firefox to connect to the Internet again;

  • Make sure your Internet security software is up-to-date (i.e. you are running the latest version)
  • Remove Firefox from your program's list of trusted or recognized programs, then add it back. For detailed instructions, see

Configure firewalls so that Firefox can access the Internet. {web link}