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Often firefox goes into an endless loop when i try to go to a website other than my home which is google news. I cant shut down firefox and I must force close the computer. When the computer is restarted firefox is still in that loop.

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Often Firefox goes into an endless loop when i try to go to a website other than my home which is Google news. this loop is so bad i cant shut down Firefox and the only way is to force close the entire computer. When the computer is restarted Firefox is still in that loop. i have Firefox 8 and my mac system is OS 10.6.8

Often Firefox goes into an endless loop when i try to go to a website other than my home which is Google news. this loop is so bad i cant shut down Firefox and the only way is to force close the entire computer. When the computer is restarted Firefox is still in that loop. i have Firefox 8 and my mac system is OS 10.6.8

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cor-el
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What do you mean with a loop?

This?

You get that problem if you select the Firefox program to handle a file if you get an "open with" dialog.