Home Page Won't Load in Firefox

Lanny Bender

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Oct 4, 2008, 4:19:39 PM10/4/08

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I have Firefox 3.02 on a Windows XP Pro machine. My firewall is Comodo Firewall Pro, which asks me after Firefox add-on updates if I want to allow Firefox to act as a server. I, of course, tell Comodo "Yes." When Firefox attempted to load some add-ons today, I told Firefox to find the updates. That's when my problems started.

Neither my Home Page: http://www.foxnews.com/, nor any bookmarked page will load.

I keep getting this error message:

"Address Not Found

Firefox can't find the server at: www.foxnews.com, or: http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php.

The browser could not find the host server for the provided addresses.

    * Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? (e.g. "ww.mozilla.org" instead of "www.mozilla.org")
    * Are you certain this domain address exists? Its registration may have expired.
    * Are you unable to browse other sites? Check your network connection and DNS server settings.
    * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing."

The problem isn't with my cable modem, because I can access the Internet with IE.

What's wrong?

Lanny Bender

Irwin Greenwald

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Oct 4, 2008, 6:33:55 PM10/4/08

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On 10/4/2008 1:19 PM, Lanny Bender wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
> I have Firefox 3.02 on a Windows XP Pro machine. My firewall is Comodo
> Firewall Pro, which asks me after Firefox add-on updates if I want to
> allow Firefox to act as a server. I, of course, tell Comodo "Yes."
> When Firefox attempted to load some add-ons today, I told Firefox to
> find the updates. That's when my problems started.
>
> Neither my Home Page: http://www.foxnews.com/, nor any bookmarked page
> will load.
>
> I keep getting this error message:
> "Address Not Found
>
> Firefox can't find the server at: www.foxnews.com

> <http://www.foxnews.com>, or: http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php.

>
> The browser could not find the host server for the provided addresses.
>
> * Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? (e.g.

> "ww.mozilla.org" instead of "www.mozilla.org <http://www.mozilla.org>")

> * Are you certain this domain address exists? Its registration may
> have expired.
> * Are you unable to browse other sites? Check your network
> connection and DNS server settings.
> * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy?
> Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing."
>
> The problem isn't with my cable modem, because I can access the Internet
> with IE.
>
> What's wrong?
> Lanny Bender
>

Try starting FF in safe mode to see if one of your add ons is the culprit:

For information about safe-mode see:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_mode

--
Irwin

Please do not use my email address to make requests for help.
Knowledge Base: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Main_Page

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Lanny Bender

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Oct 5, 2008, 10:15:14 AM10/5/08

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"squaredancer" <square...@t-online.de> wrote in message
news:WfCdnYrTQK56AHXV...@mozilla.org...
> On 04.10.2008 22:19, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Lanny Bender
> to generate the following:? :

> > Dear Sir/Madam,
> > I have Firefox 3.02 on a Windows XP Pro machine. My firewall is
> > Comodo Firewall Pro, which asks me after Firefox add-on updates if I
> > want to allow Firefox to act as a server. I, of course, tell Comodo
> > "Yes." When Firefox attempted to load some add-ons today, I
> > told Firefox to find the updates. That's when my problems started.
> >
> > Neither my Home Page: http://www.foxnews.com/, nor any bookmarked page
> > will load.
> >
> > I keep getting this error message:
> > "Address Not Found
> >
> > Firefox can't find the server at: www.foxnews.com

> > <http://www.foxnews.com>, or: http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php.

> >
> > The browser could not find the host server for the provided addresses.
> >
> > * Did you make a mistake when typing the domain? (e.g.

> > "ww.mozilla.org" instead of "www.mozilla.org <http://www.mozilla.org>")

> > * Are you certain this domain address exists? Its registration
> > may have expired.
> > * Are you unable to browse other sites? Check your network
> > connection and DNS server settings.
> > * Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy?
> > Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing."
> >
> > The problem isn't with my cable modem, because I can access the
> > Internet with IE.
> >
> > What's wrong?
> > Lanny Bender
> >
>

> well, Lanny.... did you actually *READ* all of that message???
> Especially the bit about your Firewall settings ??
>
> I see you have recently updated to FF 3.0.2 (which, btw, is a "bad") so
> that your Firewall probably now doesn't recognize Firefox.Exe as an
> allowed program to enter the internet.
>
> Close Firefox completely
> Open the Firewall management page
> Delete ALL references to Firefox
> Close Firewall management
> Start Firefox - your Firewall should now tell you that an "Unknown"
> program is attempting to access the internet
> ALLOW that action - and also click for the Firewall to remember this
setting
>
> With any luck, you will now be able to see the rest of the world again.
>
> reg

Thank you Squaredancer,
I would never have thought to look in Comodo. All instances of Firefox
showed BLOCKed. I don't know how that happened. I always ALLOW Firefox.

You mentioned that Firefox 3.02 was bad. Is version 3.03 any better?

Thank you again,
Lanny

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Yeebok Shu'in

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Oct 5, 2008, 7:28:08 PM10/5/08

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squaredancer wrote:
> On 05.10.2008 16:15, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Lanny Bender

> as I mentioned, FF has a habit of doing that to Firewalls - the one I
> use (ZoneAlarm free) also gets its knickers in a twist, when FF
> updates... but now you know where to look, if it happens again!

>
>> You mentioned that Firefox 3.02 was bad. Is version 3.03 any better?
>>
>>
>

> FF3.0.3 is supposed to have fixed a "baddie" that popped its ugly head
> up in vers 3.0.2
> I still run 3.0 but I'm sure someone will let you know what the fix is for!
>
> reg
To avoid these problems use PC Tools' Firewall Plus. It's free and you
don't get that kind of crappy behaviour. :)

"Firefox.exe has changed .. still let it loose ?"

Yes

Problem solved.

Don't know why other firewalls can't get their act together. :?)

Keith N. McKenna

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Oct 6, 2008, 1:40:40 AM10/6/08

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Yeebok Shu'in wrote:

> To avoid these problems use PC Tools' Firewall Plus. It's free and you
> don't get that kind of crappy behaviour. :)
>
> "Firefox.exe has changed .. still let it loose ?"
>
> Yes
>
> Problem solved.
>
> Don't know why other firewalls can't get their act together. :?)

I have used both Zone Alarm Free and COMODO firewalls and never had the
problem with ieither ever blocking Firefox. It all depends on the
firewall setup or so it would saeem. BTW in case you didn't know COMODO
is also free.

Regards
Keith