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I have just started getting 2 sets of Japanese letters on either side of my Mozilla Firefox tab which sits at the top left of screen

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FrednEthyl
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I have my Mozilla Firefox page tabs at the top of the screen running horizontally. Regardless how many tabs I may have open, the one that is currently being used (or far right) has just recently started showing Japanese lettering/words on both sides of the active tab itself. They are only on the active tab, none of the others have anything on them except search topic I may have on it. As I close out tabs, the Japanese lettering follows and will stay on both sides of which tab is currently being viewed.

I have my Mozilla Firefox page tabs at the top of the screen running horizontally. Regardless how many tabs I may have open, the one that is currently being used (or far right) has just recently started showing Japanese lettering/words on both sides of the active tab itself. They are only on the active tab, none of the others have anything on them except search topic I may have on it. As I close out tabs, the Japanese lettering follows and will stay on both sides of which tab is currently being viewed.

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The McAfee SiteAdvisor extension has been reported to cause issues with text CJK (Chinese) appearing on tabs, so you can disable this extension.

See also these SUMO threads:

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cor-el
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Suluhisho teule

The McAfee SiteAdvisor extension has been reported to cause issues with text CJK (Chinese) appearing on tabs, so you can disable this extension.

See also these SUMO threads:

FrednEthyl
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I have removed the McAfee SiteAdvisor and the Japanese/Chinese sysmbols did go away from the tab section of current page. Thank you for the help.

mrbizness1
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I have also removed the McAfee Site Advisor and the Japanese/Chinese symbols did go away. Thanks so much for the help.