Pull the Trigger
 

It started last night around 7:00PM. Got done emailing my daughter with some information she requested and all of a sudden, I can not connection to the internet. After hours of trying this and that, I find I can connection to the Internet with IE11 but not my favorite Firefox. Uninstalled and run a battery of clean up utilities looking for viruses, spam, and malware and all my programs say I am good. Re-installed FireFox 52.0 and still the same. Been at it since 6:00am and nothing. Just pull the trigger now.

:Explode:

:angry:

:Mad1:

Roland, I had Firefox and all of a sudden my laptop started to get really slow. It wouldn't even load pictures. I then went through all the steps you did. But Firefox for some reason was storing tons of info on all the sites I went to, and of course the ones I went to the most wouldn't load. I deleted all cookies and wiped it then loaded windows 10. My problems are gone?

FOUND IT.....:Pray:

After about 12-14 hrs of screwing around, turns out that my Firewall decided to automatically update itself in the background and the update turned off FireFox.

:angry:

Gotta love it Daddy Micro Soft knows best. :beatdeadhorse:

This automatic update sh*t drives me nuts. I have since scoured the internet and learned how to turn that off for that program. :angry:

I was having issues with Firefox on my desktop. Did a little research and found out that it was a common issue. Since then I deleted Firefox and installed Chrome... lots better!:beerchug:

My issue was with my Fire Wall program. I use Comodo. I have used it for about 8-10 yrs now. Haven't had any issues until recently, when their upgrade through a wrench into it.

I realize being on the internet is a greater security issue as opposed to 5-10 yrs ago and beyond. All the program people are building in these added features which, in my opinion, making it a big PITA. FireFox has now added more security and extra steps to log into a site, including right here on OCC, for me.

You got that Comodo for free, didn't you? Well, there's a price on it, anyway!

X2, :biggrin2:

That's why I don't use any firewall programs, to include the one built into Micro-$h1t. My router has one and that's all I need. I know the sites I go to and I know the links I click on, so I don't need extra crap telling me what it thinks I need to do. I digress...I use Apple computers anyway.