This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

If I need to change my aol.com password, will firefox security program still secure future browsing or work? ?

  • 2 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 1 view
  • Last reply by user633449

more options

Just been informed by trusted and known friend that our aol.com account has been hacked so need to change my password. When I do change my password to aol.com, should I do something right after that on mozilla and / or will mozilla erase browse history while I was on aol.com with the old password and thus my account will be protected? Sorry for the run-on and multi-part question. tx!

Just been informed by trusted and known friend that our aol.com account has been hacked so need to change my password. When I do change my password to aol.com, should I do something right after that on mozilla and / or will mozilla erase browse history while I was on aol.com with the old password and thus my account will be protected? Sorry for the run-on and multi-part question. tx!

All Replies (2)

more options

Firefox won't erase the browsing history while you were on Aol with the old password. However, the hacker probably didn't get in with using your firefox saved passwords. There's lots of better ways to get in. But if you don't have any history you want to keep, it would probably be a good idea just in case to delete your history. You can do this by following these steps.

At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the History menu and select Clear Recent History.... ... Select how much history you want to clear: ... Finally, click the Clear Now button and the window will close and the items you've selected will be cleared.

Jon

more options

Firefox browser history has nothing to do with security, it simply stores a list of pages visited, not the password used to log in or anything. If Firefox is saving your password, then you'll want to make sure that you update it with the new password. Password manager - Remember, delete, change and import saved passwords in Firefox

I'd also suggest yo scan your computer for malware. Keyloggers installed on your computer are a very possible way that your password was stolen. Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware