When I click on a link, particularly an email address in a website, Firefox goes bizerk and opens hundreds of new tabs. I have to 'Force Quit' and reopen. Help!
When I click on a link, particularly an email address in a website, Firefox goes bizerk and opens hundreds of new tabs. I have to 'Force Quit' and reopen. This has happened on a variety of unrelated websites that are not legit. At first, I thought the websites were corrupted. Now I think it must be Firefox that's been compromised. Help!
Todas las respuestas (1)
This happens if you have set Firefox as the default handler for email addresses.
Check the Mailto application in Firefox > Preferences > Applications Make sure it isn't set to the Firefox application because Firefox can't handle the mailto protocol internally and you will get tabs opening endlessly.
You can rename/remove the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.
- Help -> Troubleshooting Information -> Profile Directory:
Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox