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Firefox not displaying page formatting and not playing videos

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HI, I've been having this problem with Firefox for the last two days. It does not display context and formatting of websites like Reddit, Mozilla, and sometimes YouTube. It has said many times that websites like youtube have an untrusted connection, and shockwave flash crashes. I tried uninstalling , cleaning, and reinstalling Firefox, I tried repairing it also.. I updated java, Flash, and shockwave. Did a complete scan of my computer with my Antivirus and Malwarebytes.

None of these problems are on Chrome or Edge.

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 42.0 Build ID: 20151029151421 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false) Safe Mode: false

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


Report ID: bp-b252c610-e860-4800-bb0e-4ef672151122 Submitted: 3 hours ago

Report ID: bp-cdc8cb59-3c52-45b0-be02-7fb2e2151121 Submitted: 2 days ago

All Crash Reports (including 12 pending crashes in the given time range)

Extensions


Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Adapter Description (GPU #2): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igd12umd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 igd12umd32 Adapter Drivers (GPU #2): nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Adapter RAM: Unknown Adapter RAM (GPU #2): 4095 Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x191b Device ID (GPU #2): 0x139b DirectWrite Enabled: false (10.0.10240.16430) Driver Date: 8-24-2015 Driver Date (GPU #2): 11-13-2015 Driver Version: 10.18.15.4279 Driver Version (GPU #2): 10.18.13.5900 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic (OMTC) Subsys ID: 10391025 Subsys ID (GPU #2): 10391025 Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: false Vendor ID: 0x8086 Vendor ID (GPU #2): 0x10de WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

Important Modified Preferences


browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 2 browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true browser.download.useDownloadDir: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20151029151421 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20151029151421 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 42.0 dom.apps.reset-permissions: true dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 42.0 font.internaluseonly.changed: false gfx.direct2d.disabled: true gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 gfx.driver-init.appVersion: 42.0 gfx.driver-init.deviceID: 0x191b gfx.driver-init.driverVersion: 10.18.15.4279 gfx.driver-init.feature-d2d: true gfx.driver-init.feature-d3d11: true gfx.driver-init.status: 2 layers.acceleration.disabled: true media.gmp-eme-adobe.abi: x86-msvc media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled: false media.gmp-eme-adobe.lastUpdate: 1448119635 media.gmp-eme-adobe.version: 15 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.abi: x86-msvc media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled: false media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1448117718 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.5.1 media.gmp-manager.buildID: 20151029151421 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1448223560 media.hardware-video-decoding.failed: false network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1448151756 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf,application/vnd.fdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.java: 2 plugin.state.np_wtapp: 0 plugin.state.np32dsw: 2 plugin.state.npctrl: 2 plugin.state.npdeployjava: 1 plugin.state.npfoxitphantompdfplugin: 0 plugin.state.npintelwebapiipt: 0 plugin.state.npintelwebapiupdater: 0 plugin.state.npitunes: 0 plugin.state.npspwrap: 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.default_personal_cert: Select Automatically security.disable_button.openCertManager: false security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false security.OCSP.enabled: 0 storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1448151756

Important Locked Preferences


JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.10 Version in use: 4.10.10

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Version in use: 3.19.4

Experimental Features


HI, I've been having this problem with Firefox for the last two days. It does not display context and formatting of websites like Reddit, Mozilla, and sometimes YouTube. It has said many times that websites like youtube have an untrusted connection, and shockwave flash crashes. I tried uninstalling , cleaning, and reinstalling Firefox, I tried repairing it also.. I updated java, Flash, and shockwave. Did a complete scan of my computer with my Antivirus and Malwarebytes. None of these problems are on Chrome or Edge. Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 42.0 Build ID: 20151029151421 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:42.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/42.0 Multiprocess Windows: 0/1 (default: false) Safe Mode: false Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- Report ID: bp-b252c610-e860-4800-bb0e-4ef672151122 Submitted: 3 hours ago Report ID: bp-cdc8cb59-3c52-45b0-be02-7fb2e2151121 Submitted: 2 days ago All Crash Reports (including 12 pending crashes in the given time range) Extensions ---------- Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Adapter Description (GPU #2): NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M Adapter Drivers: igdumdim64 igd10iumd64 igd10iumd64 igd12umd64 igdumdim32 igd10iumd32 igd10iumd32 igd12umd32 Adapter Drivers (GPU #2): nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Adapter RAM: Unknown Adapter RAM (GPU #2): 4095 Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: none Device ID: 0x191b Device ID (GPU #2): 0x139b DirectWrite Enabled: false (10.0.10240.16430) Driver Date: 8-24-2015 Driver Date (GPU #2): 11-13-2015 Driver Version: 10.18.15.4279 Driver Version (GPU #2): 10.18.13.5900 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 0/1 Basic (OMTC) Subsys ID: 10391025 Subsys ID (GPU #2): 10391025 Supports Hardware H264 Decoding: false Vendor ID: 0x8086 Vendor ID (GPU #2): 0x10de WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: true AzureCanvasBackend: skia AzureContentBackend: cairo AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.filesystem_reported: 1 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.frecency_experiment: 2 browser.download.importedFromSqlite: true browser.download.useDownloadDir: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 7 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20151029151421 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20151029151421 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 42.0 dom.apps.reset-permissions: true dom.mozApps.used: true extensions.lastAppVersion: 42.0 font.internaluseonly.changed: false gfx.direct2d.disabled: true gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 gfx.driver-init.appVersion: 42.0 gfx.driver-init.deviceID: 0x191b gfx.driver-init.driverVersion: 10.18.15.4279 gfx.driver-init.feature-d2d: true gfx.driver-init.feature-d3d11: true gfx.driver-init.status: 2 layers.acceleration.disabled: true media.gmp-eme-adobe.abi: x86-msvc media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled: false media.gmp-eme-adobe.lastUpdate: 1448119635 media.gmp-eme-adobe.version: 15 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.abi: x86-msvc media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled: false media.gmp-gmpopenh264.lastUpdate: 1448117718 media.gmp-gmpopenh264.version: 1.5.1 media.gmp-manager.buildID: 20151029151421 media.gmp-manager.lastCheck: 1448223560 media.hardware-video-decoding.failed: false network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true network.predictor.cleaned-up: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1448151756 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf,application/vnd.fdf plugin.importedState: true plugin.state.java: 2 plugin.state.np_wtapp: 0 plugin.state.np32dsw: 2 plugin.state.npctrl: 2 plugin.state.npdeployjava: 1 plugin.state.npfoxitphantompdfplugin: 0 plugin.state.npintelwebapiipt: 0 plugin.state.npintelwebapiupdater: 0 plugin.state.npitunes: 0 plugin.state.npspwrap: 0 privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.default_personal_cert: Select Automatically security.disable_button.openCertManager: false security.disable_button.openDeviceManager: false security.OCSP.enabled: 0 storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1448151756 Important Locked Preferences ---------------------------- JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.10 Version in use: 4.10.10 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.19.4 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.19.4 Version in use: 3.19.4 Experimental Features ---------------------

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You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:

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Product Firefox Version 42.0

Release Channel release OS Windows NT OS Version 10.0.10240 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-b252c610-e860-4800-bb0e-4ef672151122

Signature hang

Process Type plugin Shockwave Flash Version: 19.0.0.245 +++++++++++++++++++++++ bp-cdc8cb59-3c52-45b0-be02-7fb2e2151121

Signature js

This is for Sumo's Related Bugs 1212063 RESOLVED DUPLICATE crash in js::GCMarker::mark<T>(JSObject*) 1207620 NEW --- crash in js::GCMarker::mark<T>(JSObject*)


Make sure your Java (Not JavaScript) is up to date Verify Java and Find Out-of-Date Versions {web link}

Version 8 Update 65 Release date October 20, 2015


If you have problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions then check this:

  • see if there are updates for your graphics drive drivers

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/upgrade-graphics-drivers-use-hardware-acceleration

  • disable protected mode in the Flash plugin (Flash 11.3+ on Windows Vista and later)

https://forums.adobe.com/message/4468493#TemporaryWorkaround

  • disable hardware acceleration in the Flash plugin

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337 See also:

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If you get an untrusted connection error and make an exception for the site, the page often appears unstyled because the exception doesn't cover the various other servers the site uses. So that's not unusual.

You should never need to make exceptions for mainstream sites. When you get this secure connection errors for pretty much all secure sites, the problem usually is one of the following:

(1) Error in your system's date, time, or time zone, which throws off certificate validity checks. Sometimes allowing computers to use an internet-based time source can introduce this problem.

(2) Firefox not being set up to work with your security software that intercepts and filters secure connections. Products with this feature include Avast, BitDefender, ESET, and Kaspersky; AVG has a Search Shield feature which can cause this error on search sites.

(3) On Windows 10, Firefox not being set up to work with the parental control software Microsoft Family Safety. (To test by turning it off, see: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wi.../turn-off-microsoft-family-settings)

(4) Malware on your system intercepting secure connections.

So... which is it?

If you have any of those specific security products, that would be the first thing to check. We might be able to assist with specific next steps based on what you have if you tell us.


To gather further information, you could check the certificates for sites where you added an exception to see whether there is a pattern to the "Issued by" information which points to a specific culprit. Here's how:

"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options

In the left column, click Advanced. Then on the right side, click the Certificates mini-tab along the top. Then click the "View Certificates" button.

This should open the Certificate Manager. Click the "Servers" tab. Ignore the ones for "*" and check for any servers you remember adding an exception for. You can select some of those and click View to check the "Issued by" information.

Any pattern?

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Ive checked the date and time, everything correct. I do have ESET, But it hasn't been a problem, I tried disabling its security and firewall, and that didn't change anything. I don't have Family Safety turned on or set up. the certifications don't have anything in common. I updated Graphics drivers, disabled protection mode in flash, and disabled hardware acceleration :/

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There is security software like Avast and Kaspersky and BitDefender and ESET that intercept secure connections and send their own certificate.

Open the "Add Security Exception" window by pasting this chrome URL in the Firefox location/address bar and check the certificate:

  • chrome://pippki/content/exceptionDialog.xul

In the location field of this window type or paste the URL of the website.

  • retrieve the certificate via the "Get certificate" button
  • click the "View..." button to inspect the certificate in the Certificate Viewer

You can inspect details like the issuer and the certificate chain in the Details tab of the Certificate Viewer. Check who is the issuer of the certificate. If necessary then you can attach a screenshot that shows the certificate viewer.


Eset smart Security 9:

Path: Advanced Setup -- Web and Email --- SSL/TLS
Root certificate then uncheck "Add the root certificate to know browsers"
SSL protocol: Do not scan SSL protocol
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Thank you so much! Disabling SSL protocol scanning fixed the problems of pages not loading correctly. But I'm still having problems where Shockwave crashes all the time. Any ideas?

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Post any new crash report numbers.

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bp-dc85a20b-eafc-4dd6-abf5-70eb92151123

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Chosen Solution

You can check for problems with current Shockwave Flash plugin versions and try this:

See also: