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Images suddenly disappear after loading. how can I fix this?

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Recently I had a problem with my proxy setting and I reset my Freegate settings. After that something bad happened. Whenever I search something is Google image and load an image in new tab, it takes a little time to load the image completely but right after that the image disappears. Sometimes suddenly a tab opens and says that my player setting should be updated; but when I download the "player-setup.exe" file, it quickly disappears from that folder! Once I could copy it before disappearing, but when I clicked on it, an error occurred that "it's not a valid application". My Firefox is the latest version. But I also have other problems with it and I don't know why.

Recently I had a problem with my proxy setting and I reset my Freegate settings. After that something bad happened. Whenever I search something is Google image and load an image in new tab, it takes a little time to load the image completely but right after that the image disappears. Sometimes suddenly a tab opens and says that my player setting should be updated; but when I download the "player-setup.exe" file, it quickly disappears from that folder! Once I could copy it before disappearing, but when I clicked on it, an error occurred that "it's not a valid application". My Firefox is the latest version. But I also have other problems with it and I don't know why.

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First, update your Shockwave Flash.http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/

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Open the Add-ons Manager. Press the <Alt> or <F10> key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;

Windows; Tools Linux; Edit Mac; application name

Then Add-ons.

Hot key; <Control> (Mac: <Command>) <Shift> A)

On the left side of the page, select Plugins. At the top right is a link to check your plugins.

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This smell like you were trying to safe malware, so it might have been your AV software that noticed this file and removed it to prevent infection.

If you get a pop-up message asking to update Firefox or plugins then such a message is likely a scam and you should never respond to such an alert to avoid getting infected with malware.

  • Only update Firefox via "Help > About" or by downloading and installing Firefox from the Mozilla server and never via a pop-up or link on a web page.
  • Plugins should only be updated via the plugin itself or by visiting the home page of the plugin.