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google page wont open just shows "server not found"

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Hi, running latest Firefox 27,booted up my laptop this morning and firefox wont open google page it just shows "server not found" but I am able to go online via my bookmarks. I also tried IE11 and that opens up google no problem. Thanks for any help. PS Just upgraded to 28 beta to see if it would fix it but no dice.Also uninstalled and reinstalled and did a flush dns stop and start. Problem the same in safe mode. Windows 7 64bit sp1

Hi, running latest Firefox 27,booted up my laptop this morning and firefox wont open google page it just shows "server not found" but I am able to go online via my bookmarks. I also tried IE11 and that opens up google no problem. Thanks for any help. PS Just upgraded to 28 beta to see if it would fix it but no dice.Also uninstalled and reinstalled and did a flush dns stop and start. Problem the same in safe mode. Windows 7 64bit sp1

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Hello tommytinkroom, any luck if you toggle IPv6 to TRUE ?

thank you

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Thanks for your reply.I can't disable or enable ipv6 because when i put about config in address bar and enter all i get is server not found.

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Hi, about:config with colon  : , see : http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config

thanks

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Managed to get into settings using about:config,i then changed ipv6 to true but it's made no difference.

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 27.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0

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Extensions


Name: 1-Click YouTube Video Downloader Version: 2.2.5 Enabled: true ID: YoutubeDownloader@PeterOlayev.com

Name: Adblock Plus Version: 2.4.1 Enabled: true ID: {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}

Name: ContextMenuPlus Version: 1.4.5 Enabled: true ID: jid1-JslOo8hXnC8AZA@jetpack

Name: eBay Sidebar for Firefox Version: 3.0.2.0 Enabled: true ID: {62760FD6-B943-48C9-AB09-F99C6FE96088}

Name: Google Translator for Firefox Version: 2.1.0.3 Enabled: true ID: translator@zoli.bod

Name: avast! Online Security Version: 9.0.2013.75 Enabled: false ID: wrc@avast.com

Name: Logitech SetPoint Version: 6.5 Enabled: false ID: {F003DA68-8256-4b37-A6C4-350FA04494DF}

Important Modified Preferences


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Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 1-29-2014 Driver Version: 9.17.10.3347 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.4 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.4 Version in use: 3.15.4

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Just opened up FF and lo and behold google page opened,i opened and closed FF about a dozen times and it appears to be fixed,but i've no idea how.

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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.

Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

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@FredMcD,I can assure you my laptop is malware free,i do regular Malwarebytes Pro and Avast IS full scans,and i also run other various malware tools.

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Note that there are rootkits that elude the regular AV scanners, so you can still give other scanners a try.

You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.

Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.

See also:

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Thanks for links,but like i said in my previous post i do regular scans with various virus removel tools. Apart from running MBAM Pro and Avast IS i also have bookmarked "Virus removel tools"from bleeping computer so i always use the latest versions. This google glitch that i had with FF 27.0 has to have been some sort network communication error and not malware which has self rectified itself. I do notice every time i run AdwCleaner it runs clean apart from always finding this FF file to be removed which i always do.Is this normal? This is the file it finds "[ File : C:\Users\Neil\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9zhrf1mc.default-1387121204892\prefs.js ]" Also JRT scan finds the same.

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prefs.js stores some user settings. Mine is always marking them.