287005 - v1.0.1 will not allow access to any URL.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Lou Borok]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Build Identifier: 

I uninstalled v1.0. I downloaded and installed v1.0.1. When I try to go to ANY 
web site FireFox puts a message on the screen that says it cannot connect. I 
have no problems when I use IE, Netscape and Opera...and v1.0 worked well.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open FireFox
2.Type a URL address or click on a boomark.
3.

Actual Results:  
Response:
The connection was refused when attempting to contact...(whaever I try)

Expected Results:  
Opnede the URL

Comment 1

[djpohly]

Do you have firewall software on your computer?  It may need to be reconfigured
for the new firefox.exe.

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

this works for X million people -> wfm
If you want support ask in the #mozilalzine.org forum for help.

This looks like a misconfigured firewall (see comment#1)