How do i remove unwanted BBC Newsfeed from firefox

[Aaron Maronkavitch]

I was quite surprised to find out that whenever Firefox (2.0.0.4)
connects to the internet, a connection is opened automatically to the
following:

newslb13.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.226.33)

SFAICT this is a BBC newsfeed. How do I go about removing it permanently
from firefox. Please advise. TIA.

[Aggro]

Aren't those in your bookmarks?

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[Aaron Maronkavitch]

Aggro wrote:
> Aaron Maronkavitch wrote:
>> I was quite surprised to find out that whenever Firefox (2.0.0.4)
>> connects to the internet, a connection is opened automatically to the
>> following:
>>
>> newslb13.thdo.bbc.co.uk (212.58.226.33)
>>
>> SFAICT this is a BBC newsfeed. How do I go about removing it
>> permanently from firefox. Please advise. TIA.
>
> Aren't those in your bookmarks?
>

No. It connects quite by itself (or at least tried to).

[gato2006chile]

Aaron Maronkavitch escribió:

Perhaps you have a rss feed in the bookmark, open the bookmark file in a
tab of firefox and search by bbc

[UnderDog]

"Aaron Maronkavitch" <nonot@nowhere> wrote in message
news:PfGdnXqx7eDAbgTb...@mozilla.org

If you find a fix for this, please let me know. It's been driving me crazy
that each and every time I start Firefox, I'd get a cookie from bbc.co.uk.
This would explain why. I've since blocked the cookie and it no longer
shows up, but I'd prefer to fix this at the source. Any info would be most
appreciated.

[Redhat71]

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Connections_established_on_startup_-_Firefox

[Aaron Maronkavitch]

While I'm grateful to you for providing this information, I am a little
annoyed about this hidden 'feature' in firefox. Just imagine the
reaction if MS slipped something like this in. I found out purely by chance.

I do not consider the BBC, its news, in particular, to be free from
bias; and the connection to them (without my knowledge) and auto-logging
which must have taken place on their server every time I have started
Firefox up I find unacceptable.

Could not firefox install make it quite plain that these automatic
connection will be put in place and ask the user whether he/she wants
them or not?

[UnderDog]

"»Q«" <box...@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:uckqm4-...@goldry.remarqs.net
> In <news:K5ydnaJxSbRhBAfb...@mozilla.org>,

> Bookmarks » Manage Bookmarks (or Organize Bookmarks)
>
> Look for the BBC feed bookmark in the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder,
> right-click it and select "Delete".

Wow, every single news feed under Latest Headlines was a BBC News feed.
Seems kind of strange to me. I'd assume the Associated Press or Reuters
would be better choices, but then again, I'm not all that familiar with RSS
feeds. Thanks very much for the info.

[UnderDog]

"Redhat71" <em...@redhat71.3322.org> wrote in message
news:mfbrm4-...@redhat71.3322.org

Thanks. This is great information. Much appreciated.

[Aaron Maronkavitch]

EE wrote:
> »Q« wrote:
>> In <news:u9WdnVnlwPcTLwbb...@mozilla.org>,
>> EE <nu...@bees.wax> wrote:
>>
>>> Where did you get Firefox? If you get it from mozilla.org, it does
>>> not come with any extra add-ons such as toolbars or feeds.
>>
>> When the en-us version creates a new profile, it includes with the BBC
>> Latest News live bookmark feed. Other locales may use different feeds,
>> but I thought they all came with an example live bookmark.
>>
> It is easy enough to disable feeds. Open Options, click Feeds, change
> setting to "Subscribe", and choose "no application selected". You will
> not get any feeds that way.
> I use the en-gb version and I do not remember having any feeds set up
> when I installed it. Maybe you get that only with the installer and not
> with the zip file?
I can confirm that I downloadeded the .exe from mozilla. I was quite
unaware of these settings and that BBC (New World Order media?) newsfeed
had been incorporated.