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"Obsolete browser" on Youtube and other sites

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Sepulkulero
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Hello.

I'm experimenting troubles with certain sites like Youtube, Hotmail or Twitter. I receive a message from Youtube like "You're using an obsolete browser", but I have the latest version of Firefox. I've tried re-installing and re-updating but nothing changes.

Also I can't read my mail in Hotmail because I can't "click" in some links like "Inbox".

On Twitter I'm redirected to mobile version site but I'm operating from a desktop pc and I read this message on the top of the page: "You are on Twitter Mobile because you are using Internet Explorer 6" but, of course, I'm using latest version of Firefox.

Thank you.

Hello. I'm experimenting troubles with certain sites like Youtube, Hotmail or Twitter. I receive a message from Youtube like "You're using an obsolete browser", but I have the latest version of Firefox. I've tried re-installing and re-updating but nothing changes. Also I can't read my mail in Hotmail because I can't "click" in some links like "Inbox". On Twitter I'm redirected to mobile version site but I'm operating from a desktop pc and I read this message on the top of the page: "You are on Twitter Mobile because you are using Internet Explorer 6" but, of course, I'm using latest version of Firefox. Thank you.

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cor-el
cor-el
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You have a general.useragent.override pref set that identifies your Firefox version as IE 6.

  • Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)

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