Forum, after using my Mozilla Firefox very successfully today for a while. I went off line for a couple of hours and left my pc. When I returned I saw a message from Adobe that they wanted me to download their latest Flash Player. I said OK. While they were downloading that and my Norton was telling me it was safe, they were also simultaneously downloading the McAffee Security Scan Plus, which was automatic. I couldn't stop it. I then removed the McAfee Security Scan Plus (I already have Norton, Malwarebytes, and Superantispyware). I found that I could still get on line through Internet Explorer and Google Chrome, but unable to get on to the MSN site through Mozilla Firefox, which is my "main" browser-although I'm not sure I made Firefox my default browser.
Whenever I click on the Mozilla Firefox icon through my Desktop page to access the net, I get the following error message in bold colors:
Server Error
403--Forbidden: Access is Denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
What gives? Again, so far I can access IE and Chrome but NOT Firefox. I will say that I was unable to access IE either for a while. I kept say that "http:///" is not a valid e-mail address (for IE). Somehow, I managed to fix that problem. Again, Chrome is working OK. But Firefox has remained inaccessible.
Any advice appreciated. Steve
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 8131 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640, -1 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 153599 MB, Free - 108795 MB; D: Total - 783171 MB, Free - 782975 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., M70AD
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled
Whenever I click on the Mozilla Firefox icon through my Desktop page to access the net, I get the following error message in bold colors:
Server Error
403--Forbidden: Access is Denied. You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.
What gives? Again, so far I can access IE and Chrome but NOT Firefox. I will say that I was unable to access IE either for a while. I kept say that "http:///" is not a valid e-mail address (for IE). Somehow, I managed to fix that problem. Again, Chrome is working OK. But Firefox has remained inaccessible.
Any advice appreciated. Steve
Tech Support Guy System Info Utility version 1.0.0.2
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8.1, 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, Intel64 Family 6 Model 60 Stepping 3
Processor Count: 4
RAM: 8131 Mb
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640, -1 Mb
Hard Drives: C: Total - 153599 MB, Free - 108795 MB; D: Total - 783171 MB, Free - 782975 MB;
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC., M70AD
Antivirus: Windows Defender, Disabled