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Unable to access foxnews website. Message is access denied

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using Mcafee as security. have cleared cache and cookies and history. went to firewall in Mcafee, internet connections for programs and selected incoming/outgoing open to all devices. still no fox new, access denied

using Mcafee as security. have cleared cache and cookies and history. went to firewall in Mcafee, internet connections for programs and selected incoming/outgoing open to all devices. still no fox new, access denied

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Your the 3rd person in the last couple hours with this issue.


Please uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved.

Install Firefox 57 Quantum Full Version Installer https://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozilla-Firefox-for-Mac-OS-X/1032985422/3 Site gets files day before goes up on Mozilla Servers, used site 20yrs. Note : Legacy Extensions will be disabled and or removed.

That message is from the site and may indicate there is something unusual about your connection, for example, routing through a suspicious network or missing normal data (cookies, user agent, referring site, etc.). So https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware use more than 1 scanner, if need help : https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/9573-im-infected-what-do-i-do-now/

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.

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Your the 3rd person in the last couple hours with this issue.


Please uninstall Firefox. Then Delete the Mozilla Firefox Folders in C:\Program Files and C:\Program Files(x86) Then restart system. Then run Windows Disk Cleanup. Then run it again and click the button that says Cleanup System Files. Note: your Firefox Profile is saved.

Install Firefox 57 Quantum Full Version Installer https://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozilla-Firefox-for-Mac-OS-X/1032985422/3 Site gets files day before goes up on Mozilla Servers, used site 20yrs. Note : Legacy Extensions will be disabled and or removed.

That message is from the site and may indicate there is something unusual about your connection, for example, routing through a suspicious network or missing normal data (cookies, user agent, referring site, etc.). So https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware use more than 1 scanner, if need help : https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/9573-im-infected-what-do-i-do-now/

Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.