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Why is Firefox continuously defaulting to Yahoo 404 while I'm on a selected site and haven't directed any action?

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Whenever I use Firefox and open a selected site (CNN, MSNBC, Sports Illustrated, etc), without any prompting on my part, Firefox defaults to the Yahoo 404 page. I go back to my desired page but an continuously redirected to the 404 page. I have cleared my cache, my history, and even reloaded Firefox (I'm using 6.01) but the results are the same.

Whenever I use Firefox and open a selected site (CNN, MSNBC, Sports Illustrated, etc), without any prompting on my part, Firefox defaults to the Yahoo 404 page. I go back to my desired page but an continuously redirected to the 404 page. I have cleared my cache, my history, and even reloaded Firefox (I'm using 6.01) but the results are the same.

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I would try the safe mode with extensions disabled.

    For information click this link. Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode
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Troubleshooting extensions and themes

Check and tell if its working.

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In the safe mode, my browser works fine on all of sites it was defaulting on in normal mode.

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Perform the suggestions provided in the link mentioned in my previous post.

Ndryshuar nga Hasan

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I've disabled all add-ons and disabled the acceleration and now things seem to work fine. Thanks for the assist!

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