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Firefox no longer connects to Internet. Internet Explorer still does.

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Will not connect to any website. Internet Explorer is fine.

Error message is:

Error: Livemark Service: feed processor received an invalid channel for http://fxfeeds.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/headlines.xml Source File: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsLivemarkService.js Line: 985

Will not connect to any website. Internet Explorer is fine. Error message is: Error: Livemark Service: feed processor received an invalid channel for http://fxfeeds.mozilla.com/en-GB/firefox/headlines.xml Source File: file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsLivemarkService.js Line: 985

Chosen solution

If you cannot connect to any website, a possible cause is a firewall blocking the new version of Firefox. For details on that and other possible causes see Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can.

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If you cannot connect to any website, a possible cause is a firewall blocking the new version of Firefox. For details on that and other possible causes see Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can.

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I had this problem this morning as well and was getting the message that FF cannot connect. No problem with IE. I saw a reply on another post where McAfee had blocked Firefox. I checked my McAfee settings and it had also blocked FF so changed it back to allow and it is connecting fine again. Hope it works for you.

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THANK YOU! I'm replying using FireFox!

Take care, Greg :)

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THANK YOU! I'm replying using FireFox!

Take care, Greg :)

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I have just installed ubuntu 10.4 which does not have a firewall could the problem lie with my router?

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I had this problem until I enabled ipv6,every works ok after that.

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