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Firefox displays search words in Google using multiple colors

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When performing a Google search using Firefox, all of my search words are now highlighted in various bright colors--this is distracting. The highlighting appears on both the search page and all websites. I want to deactivate this feature! This does not happen when using Google with IE.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== This morning after upgrade

When performing a Google search using Firefox, all of my search words are now highlighted in various bright colors--this is distracting. The highlighting appears on both the search page and all websites. I want to deactivate this feature! This does not happen when using Google with IE. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == This morning after upgrade

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears. You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window. You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (on Mac: "Firefox > Quit")

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muchas gracias por su informacion, se la pueden meter en donde mas les guste. con cariños los qeu no entienden un carajo de lo que dicen! bye