Archive for March 2011
Firefox 3.6.16 Back Button Not Working
McAfee Site Advisor Add-On broke my back button in Firefox!
Everything was fine and dandy until, my Firefox was updated to 3.6.16. All of a sudden, the back button wasn’t working. Sooo, if I searched for something via Google, and clicked on a found link, I couldn’t go back to the search results page if I wanted to because the back button was grayed out!
As usual with these sort of updates, some other third-party extension broke this functionality.
I went through my Add-Ons list:
- AdBlock Plus
- AddThis
- Evernote
- Garmin Communicator
- Google Toolbar
- Java
- McAfee SiteAdvisor
- Microsoft .Net
- NoScript
- Nuke Anything
- ShortenURL
- WOT
- XMarks
I disabled all the add-ons and one-by-one re-enabled them, restarting my Firefox each time. to see which add-on broke the back-button.
Turns out, it was McAfee SiteAdvisor. I compared it with another user who posted a list of add-ons he had, and who also lost the back button function. He too had McAfee SiteAdvisor.
Sooo, if your back button stops working, and you have McAfee SiteAdvisor, disable it and try it out. If you don’t have that add-on, try the method of disabling all your add-ons and re-enabling them, one-by-one, to isolate the culprit:
- From the menu bar go to Tools–> Add-ons [to open the Add-ons window]
- Select Extensions on top
- Click on the Add-on
- Click “Disable” then “Close”
- Restart Firefox
NYT-China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
I have to say, if this is true, it’s pretty impressive in a Big Brother sort of way. Basically, China is monitoring your phone calls. If you say a naughty word like “protest”, your call will be dropped. From the New York Times:
Read the full story @ NYTimes…China Tightens Censorship of Electronic Communications
SecureID firm, RSA, has it’s servers hacked
Man, security is getting tougher. When the servers at a well known security firm get hacked, we need to rethink our security protocols and business practices. From Sophos/Naked Security:
Read the full story @ Sophos.com…Security firm RSA warns that its servers have been hacked | Naked Security.
