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Can't update to Firefox version 12.0

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kauriwoman
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I can't update to the latest version of Firefox. I have actually downloaded 12.0 several times and dragged the icon into my applications folder (I have a MAC with MAC OSX 10.5.8) but every time I open Firefox I get an annoying message saying that my Firefox is out of date and telling me to update. When I check what version I am using it says that I am using 12.0!!!! Please, how can these annoying messages be stopped? J

I can't update to the latest version of Firefox. I have actually downloaded 12.0 several times and dragged the icon into my applications folder (I have a MAC with MAC OSX 10.5.8) but every time I open Firefox I get an annoying message saying that my Firefox is out of date and telling me to update. When I check what version I am using it says that I am using 12.0!!!! Please, how can these annoying messages be stopped? J

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ideato
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DO NOT WORRY you have the latest version (12.0) Your user agent is corrupted by Fast Browser Search (FBSMTWB) and that identifies you as Firefox/3.6.24

see your user agent:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111103 Firefox/3.6.24 FBSMTWB

you must reset user agent, see in the link the "Other causes" to do that easily

see also that page about Fast Browser Search (FBSMTWB in the user agent).

http://help.fastbrowsersearch.com/


thank you

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