Re: FF accessing crazzy site at startup

[J.O. Aho]

dave wrote:
> Just today FFox 11.0 has taken to accessing www.crazzy.se upon FF
> startup. I have no idea what this is all about but a google search
> revealed these two comments:-
>
> ===================================================
> (1)
> I think I've answered my own question. It appears to be caused by the
> extension "external IP" ... most likely because it's IP query is tied
> to an account on crazzy.se, where something has changed. Workaround -
> Disable (for now) "External IP."
>
> (2)
> Better workaround: Remove lines 226-229 and replace line 224 with
> "else" in exter...@erik.morlin\content\getip.js in your \Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\.default\extensions directory.
> Basically, from what I can tell, External IP is trying to reference
> four sites to verify your external IP, and two of them are down.
> ===================================================
>
> Is reply (2) correct and are it's instruction wise to follow?
> Thanks

I don't use this plugin, I would recommend you visit the homepage of that
plugin and see if there are any notes, in worst case email the author.



IMHO the plugin would be of quite low value, as you can easily visit the
following page and get your ip:

http://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+my+ip&sa=Google+Search&filter=0

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//Aho