Where did you install Firefox from? Help Mozilla uncover 3rd party websites that offer problematic Firefox installation by taking part in our campaign. There will be swag, and you'll be featured in our blog if you manage to report at least 10 valid reports!

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

When I type something random in the search bar without http or https

tyler22
tyler22
more options

When I type something random in the search bar without http or https the Google search result loads just fine, and I can go to the next page on Google and everything.

But when I use the http or https protocol nothing loads or I get "the connection has timed out".

All other browsers I have installed work just fine.

Before the error happened I changed Firefox proxy settings. Right now the setting is "no proxy".

I made a very interesting observation. Somehow I got lucky and managed to go to https://www.google.com just once. If I copy and paste the link the site loads again just fine. However, if I change the url to another website like https://www.bing.com/ then the site doesn't load and eventually I get the error "connection has timed out".

Any ideas?

and I appreciate it

When I type something random in the search bar without http or https the Google search result loads just fine, and I can go to the next page on Google and everything. But when I use the http or https protocol nothing loads or I get "the connection has timed out". All other browsers I have installed work just fine. Before the error happened I changed Firefox proxy settings. Right now the setting is "no proxy". I made a very interesting observation. Somehow I got lucky and managed to go to https://www.google.com just once. If I copy and paste the link the site loads again just fine. However, if I change the url to another website like https://www.bing.com/ then the site doesn't load and eventually I get the error "connection has timed out". Any ideas? and I appreciate it

All Replies (2)

tyler22
tyler22 Question owner
more options

Looks like the only website that works is google.com

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
  • Top 10 Contributor
more options

Is your Firefox connecting through a network that restricts web access, for example, through a proxy server? Do you use a VPN?

Does it make any difference if your switch your DNS-over-HTTPS setting? Firefox DNS-over-HTTPS