Closed Bug 672010 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Firefox is consistently not responding and keep getting kicked to yahoo "Error 404" pg not found

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Version:
5 Branch
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 7
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

People

(Reporter: greetingsfromcarol, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0 Build ID: 20110615151330 Steps to reproduce: other than gmail anytime I try to access a page I get an error msg 404 & now when i get this message the page will not load from Firefox at all. When trying to use Firefox is now saying it is not responding and it is getting increasingly worse by the day. Actual results: I keep gettings THIS - whenever I try to access ANY page now.....http://us.data.toolbar.yahoo.com/bh/v3/epa/?.sc=msgr&.tc=&.intl=us&.cv=2.3.8.20110620112826&url=http%3A//us.search.yahoo.com/404handler%3Fsrc%3Dtoolbar%26fr%3Dslv502-msgr%26type%3D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252F404handler%253Fsrc%253Dtoolbar%2526fr%253Dslv502-msgr%2526type%253D%2526url%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fus.search.yahoo.com%25252F404handler%25253Fsrc%25253Dtoolbar%252526fr%25253Dslv502-msgr%252526type%25253D%252526url%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%2525252F404handler%2525253Fsrc%2525253Dtoolbar%25252526fr%2525253Dslv502-msgr%25252526type%2525253D%25252526url%2525253Dhttp%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252525252F404handler%252525253Fsrc%252525253Dtoolbar%2525252526fr%252525253Dslv502-msgr%2525252526type%252525253D%2525252526url%252525253Dhttp%25252525253A%25252525252F%25252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%25252525252F404handler%25252525253Fsrc%25252525253Dtoolbar%252525252526fr%25252525253Dslv502-msgr%252525252526type%25252525253D%252525252526url%25252525253Dhttp%2525252525253A%2525252525252F%2525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%2525252525252F404handler%2525252525253Fsrc%2525252525253Dtoolbar%25252525252526fr%2525252525253Dslv502-msgr%25252525252526type%2525252525253D%25252525252526url%2525252525253Dhttp%252525252525253A%252525252525252F%252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252525252525252F404handler%252525252525253Fsrc%252525252525253Dtoolbar%2525252525252526fr%252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%2525252525252526type%252525252525253D%2525252525252526url%252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525253A%25252525252525252F%25252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%25252525252525252F404handler%25252525252525253Fsrc%25252525252525253Dtoolbar%252525252525252526fr%25252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%252525252525252526type%25252525252525253D%252525252525252526url%25252525252525253Dhttp%2525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%2525252525252525252F404handler%2525252525252525253Fsrc%2525252525252525253Dtoolbar%25252525252525252526fr%2525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%25252525252525252526type%2525252525252525253D%25252525252525252526url%2525252525252525253Dhttp%252525252525252525253A%252525252525252525252F%252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252525252525252525252F404handler%252525252525252525253Fsrc%252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%2525252525252525252526fr%252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%2525252525252525252526type%252525252525252525253D%2525252525252525252526url%252525252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525252525253A%25252525252525252525252F%25252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%25252525252525252525252F404handler%25252525252525252525253Fsrc%25252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%252525252525252525252526fr%25252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%252525252525252525252526type%25252525252525252525253D%252525252525252525252526url%25252525252525252525253Dhttp%2525252525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%2525252525252525252525252F404handler%2525252525252525252525253Fsrc%2525252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%25252525252525252525252526fr%2525252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%25252525252525252525252526type%2525252525252525252525253D%25252525252525252525252526url%2525252525252525252525253Dhttp%252525252525252525252525253A%252525252525252525252525252F%252525252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252525252525252525252525252F404handler%252525252525252525252525253Fsrc%252525252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%2525252525252525252525252526fr%252525252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%2525252525252525252525252526type%252525252525252525252525253D%2525252525252525252525252526url%252525252525252525252525253Dhttp%25252525252525252525252525253A%25252525252525252525252525252F%25252525252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%25252525252525252525252525252F404handler%25252525252525252525252525253Fsrc%25252525252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%252525252525252525252525252526fr%25252525252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%252525252525252525252525252526type%25252525252525252525252525253D%252525252525252525252525252526url%25252525252525252525252525253Dhttp%2525252525252525252525252525253A%2525252525252525252525252525252F%2525252525252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%2525252525252525252525252525252F404handler%2525252525252525252525252525253Fsrc%2525252525252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%25252525252525252525252525252526fr%2525252525252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%25252525252525252525252525252526type%2525252525252525252525252525253D%25252525252525252525252525252526url%2525252525252525252525252525253Dhttp%252525252525252525252525252525253A%252525252525252525252525252525252F%252525252525252525252525252525252Fus.search.yahoo.com%252525252525252525252525252525252F404handler%252525252525252525252525252525253Fsrc%252525252525252525252525252525253Dtoolbar%2525252525252525252525252525252526fr%252525252525252525252525252525253Dslv502-msgr%2525252525252525252525252525252526type%252525252525252525252525252525253D%252525252525252525252525252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Each time I get the error 404 the URL gets longer and the system crashes more
Severity: normal → major
Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode Which version of Yahoo Toolbar do you use?
OS: Other → Windows 7
Hardware: All → x86_64
bug 671198, also getting 404 on yahoo
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110725 Firefox/8.0a1 Reporter, is your issue still reproducible? Did you had the chance to try what was suggested in Comment 2?
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:8.0a1) Gecko/20110816 Firefox/8.0a1 Setting resolution to RESOLVED INCOMPLETE - reporter, if you are still experiencing this issue or have more information to provide feel free to re-open the bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
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