Posted on 03/27/2025 7:38:35 AM PDT by econjack
Since the last auto-update of my Firefox browser, emails that contain forwarding URL, those URL will not execute. For example, I get a daily trivia question. When I click on the link to answer the quiz, Firefox locks up. The same happens with a Facebook link.
If I use a different browser (e.g., Opera), the links work fine. I've tried to notify Firefox, but getting a link for them is a bad joke.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Firefox and Microsoft Updates routinely screw up one’s PC. Microsoft is now sending messages announcing aka threatening they will no longer be supporting Windows 10 starting in October. If one’s system won’t run Win 11, they state that you need to purchase a new computer. Yeah right, is Microsoft paying for it?
Anyone know how to get rid of the Edge crap that Microsoft keeps adding after every update?
Usually, if you just place the cursor over the link button you can read the URL link at the bottom of the display without copying the link. I don’t see what’s gained by copying the link into an editor when I can see it in the message.
Get used to it, there is a whole lot of super smart college kids with degrees in Lesbian Dance Theory working for a lot of big companies now, most are just plain dumber than dirt, but some of the proudest morons you will ever meet.
I use quickbooks payroll service for my business and every single time they have one of their super smart idiot college kids do an update, everything goes in the crapper until they get the old retired guy to come in and fix it, usually takes 2 months./
What you see, is not necessarily the actual URL link.
“NEVER click on a link in an e-mail message
NEVER click on a link in a text message.”
I get texts and emails from valid sources that have embedded links.
No problem clicking on them.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9851372/how-can-url-be-hidden-in-hyperlink-when-mouse-hover
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4712163
https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/is-hovering-over-a-link-good-enough.1203061/
https://nordvpn.com/blog/url-spoofing/
The ‘From: _____ ‘ field of an e-mail message header, is very easy to spoof and is not reliable proof of the actual e-mail message source.
Learning to read e-mail message headers:
https://www.mailercheck.com/articles/how-to-read-and-understand-email-headers
Don’t post links to me. You are an unknown source and your embedded links may install malware.
Just taking your advice.
Did not know this...
FreeRepublic.com software blocks usage of certain HTML/HTML5 code and usage of a variety of javascript commands that would be required in order to spoof a link in a reply.
And my advice is, in my reply 18 above:
Copy the link. Paste the link into a text editor window, and then examine the link, perhaps edit it - to make it a clean link.
Copy that link in the text editor window.
Paste that link, into the URL address field of your chosen Internet browser.
How about you posting the relevant information.
Same here. I use Brave, and haven’t touched FF ever since the Brandon Eich incident.
Seems about right....
I used to love Firefox instead on IE, but them days are long gone. Firefox is too much hassle and a memory hog.
I use Google mostly now or Opera.
its your computer but clicking links in emails is a great way to volunteer for malware, viruses, and general mischief
Firefox has been occasionally, though rarely, locking up on my Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon edition. This problem has been present in the last few updates of Firefox. I’m currently on 136.0.2 (64 bit).
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