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my computer shows that I am running the lastest version of firefox 52.1.2 32 bit ESR, However several sites say my firefox is outdated Why?

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I have updated Firefox and it shows that I am running the latest version 52.1.2 esr 32 bit. Several sites say that I need to update Fire fox, even after updating it still says I need to update Firefox. What do I need to do to fix this problem? Thank you for your help.

I have updated Firefox and it shows that I am running the latest version 52.1.2 esr 32 bit. Several sites say that I need to update Fire fox, even after updating it still says I need to update Firefox. What do I need to do to fix this problem? Thank you for your help.

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My guess is, the latest Firefox version is at 53.0.3. The ESR version is based on 52, so some wires are getting crossed there.

Is your user agent intact? After checking , its seems not so. Your current user agent (was submitted alongside your question) is User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.25) Gecko/20111212 YFF35 Firefox/3.6.25 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C) FBSMTWB

Notice the Firefox 3.6.25 line. That's not good.

Go into about:config via Firefox's address bar and click the warning saying you'll be careful. Search in the filter box for useragent.override and if there is an entry, delete it (Right click --> Reset)

I also see a user.js file in your Firefox profile folder. Note that user.js is a manually created file (or unintentionally added during your user agent switch). If you did not make this file, please delete it before trying to change about:config prefs.

On another note, did you download the Yahoo optimized version of Firefox as that has the toolbar and such and may be causing issues.

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My guess is, the latest Firefox version is at 53.0.3. The ESR version is based on 52, so some wires are getting crossed there.

Is your user agent intact? After checking , its seems not so. Your current user agent (was submitted alongside your question) is User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.25) Gecko/20111212 YFF35 Firefox/3.6.25 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C) FBSMTWB

Notice the Firefox 3.6.25 line. That's not good.

Go into about:config via Firefox's address bar and click the warning saying you'll be careful. Search in the filter box for useragent.override and if there is an entry, delete it (Right click --> Reset)

I also see a user.js file in your Firefox profile folder. Note that user.js is a manually created file (or unintentionally added during your user agent switch). If you did not make this file, please delete it before trying to change about:config prefs.

On another note, did you download the Yahoo optimized version of Firefox as that has the toolbar and such and may be causing issues.

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